‘To Adopt or not to Adopt?’ Legume Adoption in Maize-Based Systems of Northern Thailand: Constraints and Potentials

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 731-741

  Yap, Von Yi ^a   de Neergaard, Andreas ^a   Bruun, Thilde Bech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adoption constraints; legume integration; relay cropping; selection criteria; smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADOPTION CONSTRAINTS; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS; RELAY CROPPING; SELECTION CRITERIA; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; LEGUME; MAIZE; SMALLHOLDER;

THAILAND;

VIGNA UMBELLATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84978196248     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2546     Document Type: Article

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