Estimating demand for perennial pigeon pea in Malawi using choice experiments

Ecological Economics

Volumn 131, Issue , 2017, Pages 222-230

  Waldman, Kurt B ^a   Ortega, David L ^b   Richardson, Robert B ^b   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Farmer preferences; Malawi; Perennial; Pigeon pea; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEGUME; PERENNIAL PLANT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

MALAWI;

CAJANUS CAJAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84988020126     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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