Characterization of urban and peri-urban agroecosystems in three West African cities

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-314

  Abdulkadir, A ^a,b   Dossa, L H ^c   Lompo, D J P ^c   Abdu, N ^a,c   van Keulen, H ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Categorical principal component analysis; Diversification; Semi structured questionnaire; Sub Saharan Africa; Two step cluster analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006538367     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2012.663559     Document Type: Article

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