Producers' motivation for collective action for kola production and marketing in Cameroon

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-50

  Gyau, Amos ^a   Takoutsing, Berlin ^a   Degrande, Ann ^a   Franzel, Steven ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Collective action; Producers' motivation; Structural Equation Modelling; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871181566     PISSN: 16129830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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