Strategies for sustainable intensification in East African highlands: labor use and input efficiency
Strategies for poverty alleviation and sustainable natural resource management usually focus on land use options for improving yields. Increasing the returns to critical factors requires possibilities for input substitution. Inadequate timing of input applications or nonavailability of complementary factors can seriously hinder this substitution. Such constraints particularly apply in less-favored areas where soil organic matter content is too low for enabling efficient nutrient uptake and soil structure limits water infiltration and moisture retention. Copyright 2006 International Association of Agricultural Economics.
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2006
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Authors: | Ruben, Ruerd ; Kruseman, Gideon ; Kuyvenhoven, Arie |
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Agricultural Economics. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE, ISSN 0169-5150. - Vol. 34.2006, 2, p. 167-181
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International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE |
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