Determinants of the use of certified seed potato among smallholder farmers: The case of potato growers in central and Eastern Kenya

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Okello, Julius Juma ^a   Zhou, Yuan ^b   Kwikiriza, Norman ^a   Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng ^c   Barker, Ian ^b   Schulte Geldermann, Elmar ^a   Atieno, Elly ^a   Ahmed, Justin Taj ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified seed potato; Kenya; Seed systems; Smallholder farmers; Use and intensity of use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994727970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture6040055     Document Type: Article

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