Effective dimensionality and factors affecting crop-livestock integration in West African savannas: A combination of principal component analysis and Tobit approaches

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-155

  Manyong, V M ^a   Okike, I ^b   Williams, T O ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IITA   (Tanzania)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Commonwealth Secretariat   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop livestock integration; GIS; PCA; Savanna; Tobit; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ECONOMETRICS; GIS; MIXED FARMING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAVANNA;

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

EID: 33747063809     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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