Location and uptake: Integrated household and GIS analysis of technology adoption and land use, with application to smallholder dairy farms in Kenya

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-315

  Staal, S J ^a   Baltenweck, I ^a   Waithaka, M M ^b   DeWolff, T ^a   Njoroge, L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Geo referenced farms; Geographical information system; Market access; Spatial analysis; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; GIS; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

KENYA;

EID: 0036862864     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(02)00075-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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