Agricultural intensification, diversification, and commercial production among smallholder coffee growers in Central Kenya

Economic Geography

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-195

  Dorsey, Bryan ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Commercial production; Diversification; Induced intensification; Intensification; Kenya; Smallholder coffee growing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; COFFEE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; SMALLHOLDER;

KENYA; KIRINYAGA DISTRICT;

EID: 0032849993     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1999.tb00122.x     Document Type: Article

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