Fertilizer use in semi-arid areas of Kenya: Analysis of smallholder farmers' adoption behavior under liberalized markets

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Freeman, H Ade ^a   Omiti, John M ^b  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Kenya)

^b Inst of Plcy Analysis and Research   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adoption; Fertilizer; Kenya; Market reform; Tobit analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; SMALLHOLDER;

KENYA;

EID: 0037987833     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023355011400     Document Type: Article

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