Farmer demand for soil fertility management practices in Kenya’s grain basket

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 793-806

  Kamau, Mercy ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b   Mutua, Mercy ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

demand; fertility; Kenya; multivariate probit; plot level; Soil management

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PRICING POLICY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

KENYA;

EID: 84912526575     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0398-5     Document Type: Article

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