Scaling Agricultural Innovations: Pigeonpea in Malawi

Professional Geographer

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 239-250

  Peter, Brad G ^a   Messina, Joseph P ^a   Frake, April N ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; pigeonpea; remote sensing; scaling; targeting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; INNOVATION; REMOTE SENSING;

MALAWI;

CAJANUS CAJAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85027193108     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1347798     Document Type: Article

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