Sustainable Intensification and Farmer Preferences for Crop System Attributes: Evidence from Malawi's Central and Southern Regions

World Development

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 139-151

  Ortega, David L ^a   Waldman, Kurt B ^b   Richardson, Robert B ^a   Clay, Daniel C ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; farmer preferences; legumes; maize; Malawi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LEGUME; MAIZE; NUTRITION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MALAWI;

CAJANUS CAJAN; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84978496674     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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