The pattern and process of adoption and scaling up: Variation in project outcome reveals the importance of multilevel collaboration in agroforestry development

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5195-5224

  Johansson, Karl Erik ^a   Axelsson, Robert ^a   Kimanzu, Ngolia ^b   Sassi, Samuel O ^c   Bwana, Eliza ^d   Otsyina, Robert ^e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Social Capital Innovations International   (Sweden)

^c Regional Commissioner Office   (Tanzania)

^d Local Government Authority   (Tanzania)

^e Development Associates Limited   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Collaboration; Dissemination of agroforestry; Farming system; Participant observation; Poverty alleviation; Social learning; Sustainable development; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; LOCAL PLANNING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; SURVIVORSHIP;

MARA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84894061039     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5125195     Document Type: Article

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