Assessment of the Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) approach: Case studies from Malawi and Uganda

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-63

  Kaaria, Susan ^a   Njuki, Jemimah ^b   Abenakyo, Annet ^a   Delve, Robert ^b   Sanginga, Pascal ^a  

^a International Centre for Tropical Agriculture   (Uganda)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Enabling Rural Innovation; Farmer market linkages; Gender; Human capital; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

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

EID: 41849114245     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2008.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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