Farm-level adoption of sorghum technologies in Tigray, Ethiopia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 122-134

  Wubeneh, Nega Gebreselassie ^a   Sanders, J H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Ethiopia; Inorganic fertilizer; Striga resistant sorghum; Tigray

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARM; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INFORMATION; MOISTURE; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TYPE; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA;

EID: 33748445475     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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