Farmers' perceptions and attitudes towards introduced soil-fertility enhancing technologies in western Africa

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-187

  Enyong, L A ^a   Debrah, S K ^b,c   Bationo, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

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

^c Intl Inst for Soil Fertil Mgmt   (Togo)

^d ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

Adoption; Burkina Faso; Farmers' attitudes; Farmers' rationales; Fertilizers; Focus groups; Mali; Niger; Policy; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; SOIL FERTILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032906023     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009745225465     Document Type: Article

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