Comparing agroforestry systems' ex ante adoption potential and ex post adoption: On-farm participatory research from southern Malawi

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-266

  Sirrine, Dorothy ^a   Shennan, Carol ^b   Sirrine, J Robert ^c  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry adoption; Cajanus cajan (pigeonpea); Food security; Malawi; Sesbania sesban; Tephrosia vogelii

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION CONSTRAINT; AGROFORESTRY; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

MALAWI;

CAJANUS CAJAN; DESMODIUM; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952319118     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9304-0     Document Type: Article

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