Ex ante assessment of dual-purpose sweet potato in the crop-livestock system of western Kenya: A minimum-data approach

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Claessens, L ^a,b   Stoorvogel, J J ^b   Antle, J M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Africa; Dual purpose sweet potato; Integrated assessment; Mixed systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOPHYSICS; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIVESTOCK; MIXED FARMING; SMALLHOLDER; VINE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIHIGA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

ANIMALIA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 56549093415     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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