Preferences for legume attributes in maize-legume cropping systems in Malawi

Food Security

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1087-1099

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Africa; Crop attributes; Legumes; Logit link model; Malawi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRONOMY; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FOOD SECURITY; LEGUME; MAIZE; PERCEPTION; SOIL FERTILITY;

MALAWI;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84994253427     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-016-0616-4     Document Type: Article

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