Sustainable crop production intensification in the Senegal and Niger River basins of francophone West Africa

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-185

  Settle, William ^a   Garba, Mohamed Hama ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Agricultural extension; Farmer field schools; Food security; Non formal education; Smallholder farmers; Social capital; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRONOMY; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PESTICIDE; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOIL FERTILITY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NIGER RIVER; SENEGAL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79951731855     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2010.0559     Document Type: Article

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