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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Amudavi, David Mulama (1) Karugia, Joseph Thuo (1) Khan, Zeyaur R. (1) Mbogoh, Stephen G. (1) Njuguna, Esther M. (1) Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo (1) Mais... Palavra-chave Agricultural and Food Policy (1) Agricultural information (1) Community/Rural/Urban Development (1) Control technologies (1) Demand and Price Analysis (1) Farm Management (1) Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) Improved technology (1) Institutional and Behavioral Economics (1) International Relations/Trade (1) Kenya (1) Marketing (1) Productivity Analysis (1) Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (1) Resource /Energy Economics and Policy (1) Stemborers (1) Striga (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (1) Ano 2008 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Classification and influence of agricultural information on striga and stemborer control in Suba and Vihiga Districts, Kenya AgEcon Njuguna, Esther M.; Amudavi, David Mulama; Khan, Zeyaur R.; Mbogoh, Stephen G.; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Karugia, Joseph Thuo. This paper reports on findings of a study to examine the sources used by farmers in search of agricultural information on striga and/or stemborers control technologies and factors that influence acquisition of such information in Western Kenya region. A random sample of 476 households in Suba and Vihiga districts were interviewed and 15 information pathways were identified. Using principle component analysis (PCA) to derive few latent variables that encapsulate maximum variance in the pathways, two components (latent variables) proxying for ‘agricultural knowledge’ were extracted. Type I-knowledge (first component) loaded heavily with sources that had ‘group’ information searching. Type II-knowledge (second component) loaded heavily with sources... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agricultural information; Improved technology; Striga; Stemborers; Control technologies; Kenya; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52081 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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