Seed availability, an ignored factor in crop varietal adoption studies: A case study of beans in Tanzania

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 5-20

  David, Soniia ^a   Mukandala, Leonard ^b   Mafuru, January ^c  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b Kansas State University ^*  (Tanzania)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption of modern crop varieties; Beans; Eastern Africa; Seed systems; Tanzania; Technology dissemination

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; LEGUME; SEED; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

TANZANIA;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0036965498     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v21n02_03     Document Type: Article

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