Mechanisms explaining variety naming by farmers and name consistency of rice varieties in The Gambia

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-160

  Nuijten, Edwin ^a   Almekinders, Conny J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farmer management; Name consistency; Rice; The Gambia; Variety naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749148294     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9012-0     Document Type: Article

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