Farmer's perceptions and adoption of modern rice varieties in Nepal

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-186

  Joshi, Ganesh R ^a   Pandey, Sushil ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES   (Nepal)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Adoption; Attributes; Farmer; Perceptions; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; RICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745436681     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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