Peanut research and poverty reduction: Impacts of variety improvement to control peanut viruses in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 448-460

  Moyo, Sibusiso ^a   Norton, George W ^a   Alwang, Jeffrey ^a   Rhinehart, Ingrid ^b   Deom, Michael ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty impacts of agricultural research; Rosette virus; Uganda peanuts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 34547428055     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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