False beliefs on the socio-economic drivers of cassava cropping

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 433-444

  Fermont, A M ^a,d   Babirye, A ^a   Obiero, H M ^b   Abele, S ^c   Giller, K E ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food security; Income; Input use; Labour; Wealth classes; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CASSAVA; COMMERCIALIZATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTERCROPPING; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WEED CONTROL;

KENYA; UGANDA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951229583     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009044     Document Type: Article

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