The adoption of intensive monocrop horticulture in southern Cameroon

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-202

  Gockowski, James ^a   Ndoumbé, Michel ^b  

^a Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Cash crop synergy; D21; Logit; Monocrop; O33; Q12

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; HORTICULTURE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 2642524684     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agecon.2002.11.002     Document Type: Article

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