Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in South-Eastern Nigeria

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 329-335

  Udensi, Udensi E ^a,b   Tarawali, Gbassey ^b   Favour, Ebere U ^c   Asumugha, Godwin ^d   Ezedinma, Chuma ^e   Okoye, Benjamen C ^d   Okarter, Chyka ^b   Ilona, Paul ^b   Okechukwu, Richardson ^b   Dixon, Alfred ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Fadama 111 Project   (Nigeria)

^d National Root Crops Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^e European Union   (Belgium)

^f Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Adoption; Improved cassava varieties; Probit model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 80755180870     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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