Determinants of farmers' decision to adopt or not adopt inorganic fertilizer in the savannas of northern Nigeria

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-301

  Chianu, J N ^a   Tsujii, H ^b  

^a c/o LW Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adoption decisions; Elasticity of adoption; Inorganic fertilizer; Logit model; Northern Nigeria; Savannas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14644437118     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-005-0715-7     Document Type: Article

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