Farmer-to-farmer technology diffusion and yield variation among adopters: The case of improved cowpea in northern Nigeria

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Alene, Arega D ^a   Manyong, V M ^b  

^a Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IITA   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Farmer to farmer; Nigeria; Package adoption; Partial adoption; Yield variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33747060158     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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