Smallholder farmers' perceptions of drought risk and adoption of modern maize in southern malawi

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-548

  Fisher, Monica ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde ^b  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84910677300     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479714000027     Document Type: Article

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