Dissemination of food crops with nutritional benefits: Adoption and disadoption of soybeans in Togo and Benin

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-52

  Wendland, Kelly J ^a   Sills, Erin O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benin; Nutrition; Soybeans; Technology adoption; Technology disadoption; Togo

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; MALNUTRITION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOYBEAN; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOGO; WEST AFRICA;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 41849144183     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2008.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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