Assessing the Impact of Training on Lowland Rice Productivity in an African Setting: Evidence from Uganda

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1610-1618

  Kijima, Yoko ^a   Ito, Yukinori ^b   Otsuka, Keijiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion of technology; Improved cultivation practices; Lowland rice; Uganda; Yield enhancement

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RICE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRAINING;

UGANDA;

EID: 84861757635     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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