Adoption of improved land use technologies to increase food security in Burkina Faso: Relating animal traction, productivity, and non-farm income

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-464

  Savadogo, Kimseyinga ^a   Reardon, Thomas ^b   Pietola, Kyosti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ANIMAL TRACTION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0031772048     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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