Understanding the adoption of a portfolio of sustainable intensification practices in eastern and southern Africa

Land Use Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 400-411

  Kassie, Menale ^a   Teklewold, Hailemariam ^b   Jaleta, Moti ^b   Marenya, Paswel ^b   Erenstein, Olaf ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Eastern and southern Africa; Joint adoption; Multivariate probit; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; MAIZE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; MALAWI; TANZANIA;

EID: 84907480709     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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