Farmer preferences for socioeconomic and technical interventions in groundnut production system in Niger: Conjoint and ordered probit analyses

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-476

  Baidu Forson, J ^a   Waliyar, F ^b   Ntare, B R ^c  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^c ICRISAT Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CONJOINT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FARMERS' ATTITUDES; FARMERS' PREFERENCES; GROUNDNUT PRODUCTION; PROBIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONTROL; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

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EID: 0030619353     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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