LONG-RUN STRIGA CONTROL BY SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN MALI

Jeffrey Mullen, Demba Kebe, Daniel Taylor and Makan Fofana

No 20818, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: A dynamic programming model is developed to identify barriers to the adoption of long-run control programs for the parasitic weed Striga. The model is applied to Sirakorola in northwestern Mali. The ability of national and village-level institutions to overcome the barriers to adoption is explored.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20818

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