Indentifying farmers' preferences and constraints to maize production in two agro-ecological zones in Burkina Faso

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dao, Abdalla ^a   Sanou, Jacob ^a   Gracen, Vernon ^b   Danquah, Eric Y ^c  

^a Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA)   (Burkina Faso)

^b Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Agro ecological zones; Burkina Faso; Constraints; Farmers' preferences; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006035833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40066-015-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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