Modeling agroforesty adoption and household decision making in Malawi

African Urban Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 249-268

  Thangata, Paul H ^a   Hildebrand, Peter E ^b   Gladwin, Christina H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23344440190     PISSN: 07476108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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