Farmers' perceptions and the dynamics of adoption of a resource management technology: The case of Mucuna fallow in southern Benin, West Africa

International Forestry Review

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 228-235

  Honlonkou, Albert N ^a   Manyong, Victor M ^b,c   Tchetche, N'Guessan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c LW Lambourn and Co   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cover crop; Farmers' perceptions; Mucuna pruriens; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BENIN;

EID: 0033395210     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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