Factors limiting the adoption of IPM practices by cotton farmers in Benin: A participatory approach

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-124

  Prudent, Patrick ^a   Loko, Symphorien ^b   Deybe, Daniel ^a   Vaissayre, Maurice ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INRAB   (Benin)

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Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33846437800     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479706004261     Document Type: Article

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