Space, time, rhetoric and agricultural change in the transition zone of Ghana

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-67

  Amanor, Kojo S ^a   Pabi, Opoku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Agricultural change; Farming systems; Remote sensing techniques; Technology diffusion; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FARMING SYSTEM; MODERNIZATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REMOTE SENSING; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRANSITION ZONE;

AFRICA; BRONG-AHAFO; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846957342     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9081-6     Document Type: Article

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