Adoption Potential for Conservation Agriculture in Africa: A Newly Developed Assessment Approach (QAToCA) Applied in Kenya and Tanzania

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-141

  Ndah, H T ^a   Schuler, J ^a   Uthes, S ^a   Zander, P ^a   Triomphe, B ^b   Mkomwa, S ^c   Corbeels, M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adoption potential; Africa; Assessment approach; Conservation agriculture; Conservation farming; QAToCA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MACHINERY; MOTIVATION;

ADOPTION POTENTIAL; AFRICA; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; CONSERVATION FARMINGS; QATOCA;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 84922747714     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2191     Document Type: Article

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