Duration analysis of technological adoption in Ethiopian agriculture

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-631

  Dadi, Leggesse ^a   Burton, Michael ^b   Ozanne, Adam ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERBICIDE; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SHEWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BOS; BOVINAE; ERAGROSTIS TEF; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 11344278462     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2004.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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