Adoption of agricultural land management technologies by smallholder farmers in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-288

  Yila, Othniel M ^a   Thapa, Gopal B ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adoption of technologies; Agriculture; Influencing factors; Jos Plateau; Land management technologies; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749088418     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2008.0374     Document Type: Article

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