Adoption of agroforestry technology: The case of live hedges in the central plateau of Burkina Faso

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-206

  Ayuk, Elias T ^a,b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AGROFORESTRY SECTOR; CROP PROTECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEDGEROWS; HOME GARDEN; LIVING FENCES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0031150328     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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