Factors influencing farmers' adoption of slash and burn agriculture in North East India

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-151

  Goswami, Kishor ^a   Choudhury, Hari Kanta ^a   Saikia, Jitu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Factor; Farmers' adoption; Logit model; North East India; Slash and burn

Indexed keywords

FACTOR; FARMERS' ADOPTION; LOGIT MODELS; NORTH- EAST INDIA; SLASH AND BURN;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 84856543083     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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