Socio-economic reasons for the low adoption of water conservation technologies by smallholder farmers in southern Africa: A review of the literature

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-476

  Perret, Sylvain R ^a   Stevens, Joe B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750439435     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350600927193     Document Type: Review

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