Conditions for the adoption of conservation agriculture in central Morocco: An approach based on bayesian network modelling

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-34

  Bonzanigo, Laura ^a,b   Giupponi, Carlo ^a,b   Moussadek, Rachid ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c National Institute of Agronomic Research   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Adoption; Bayesian decision networks; Central Morocco; Conservation agriculture

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION CONSTRAINT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TYPOLOGY; YIELD RESPONSE; ZERO TILLAGE;

CHAOUIA-OUARDIGHA; MOROCCO; SETTAT;

EID: 84961657982     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2016.665     Document Type: Article

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