Adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices in rural Ethiopia

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 597-623

  Teklewold, Hailemariam ^a   Kassie, Menale ^b   Shiferaw, Bekele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Multiple adoption; Multivariate probit; Sustainable agriculture practices

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84878932165     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12011     Document Type: Article

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