African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6860

Full Length Research Paper

Yield gaps, adoption and seed commercial behaviour: Implications for chickpea seed system in Ethiopia

Dawit Alemu
  • Dawit Alemu
  • Bilateral Ethio-Netherlands Effort for Food, Income and Trade (BENEFIT) Partnership Program, Ethiopia.
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Zewdie Bishaw
  • Zewdie Bishaw
  • Bilateral Ethio-Netherlands Effort for Food, Income and Trade (BENEFIT) Partnership Program, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 09 July 2019
  •  Accepted: 09 September 2019
  •  Published: 31 October 2019

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