Gendered impacts of conservation agriculture and paradox of herbicide use among smallholder farmers

International Journal of Technology and Development Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Nyanga, Progress H ^a   Johnsen, Fred H ^b   Kalinda, Thomson H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Agricultural labour use; Food security; Gender; Herbicides; Innovation adoption; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871223945     PISSN: 22110313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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