On-farm impact of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Evidence and knowledge gaps

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-166

  Berkhout, Ezra ^a,b   Glover, Dominic ^a   Kuyvenhoven, Arie ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enhanced yields; Input productivity; Labour demand; Smallholder rice farming; System of Rice Intensification (SRI); Technology effect

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; RICE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 84912022912     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.10.001     Document Type: Review

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