Climate change and agricultural technology adoption: The case of drought tolerant maize in rural Nigeria

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-292

  Tambo, Justice Akpene ^a   Abdoulaye, Tahirou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adoption; Climate change; Double hurdle model; Drought tolerant maize; Nigeria; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECONOMETRICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; MAIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOLERANCE;

NIGERIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857458398     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9325-7     Document Type: Article

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