Adoption of improved maize varieties in Southern Ethiopia: Factors and strategy options

Food Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 442-457

  Feleke, Shiferaw ^a   Zegeye, Tesfaye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Ethiopia; Logistic regression; Maize; Pure and mixed strategy options

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MAIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745196501     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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