Journal of
Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9774
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 552

Full Length Research Paper

Assessing the likelihood of adoption of orange-flesh sweet potato genotypes in Sierra Leone

Osman Nabay
  • Osman Nabay
  • Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Freetown, P. O. Box 540, Sierra Leone.
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Martin Koroma
  • Martin Koroma
  • Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Freetown, P. O. Box 540, Sierra Leone.
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Adolphus Jeremy Johnson
  • Adolphus Jeremy Johnson
  • Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, School of Agriculture. Njala University, Njala, Sierra Leone.
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Emmanuel Sahr Hinckley
  • Emmanuel Sahr Hinckley
  • Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Freetown, P. O. Box 540, Sierra Leone.
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Gibrilla Dumbuya
  • Gibrilla Dumbuya
  • Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Freetown, P. O. Box 540, Sierra Leone.
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Jebeh Samba-Bakar
  • Jebeh Samba-Bakar
  • Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI), Njala Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Freetown, P. O. Box 540, Sierra Leone.
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  •  Received: 12 September 2019
  •  Accepted: 06 January 2020
  •  Published: 31 March 2020

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