Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis

Autores:: Oladele, Oladimeji Idowu
Yomanda, Abu Bakarr

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Fecha de publicación:: 2026

Institución:: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

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title	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis
spellingShingle	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis Climate-smart agriculture Agro-processors Post-harvest Greenhouse gas emission Food processing Energy use Technology adoption Climate-smart agriculture Agricultura climáticamente inteligente Agroindustrias Poscosecha Emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero Procesamiento de alimentos Uso de energía Adopción de tecnología Agricultura climáticamente inteligente
title_short	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis
title_full	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis
title_fullStr	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis
title_sort	Determinants of the awareness and use of climate-smart processing techniques among small- and medium-sized agro-processors in Sierra Leone: A binary logistic regression analysis
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv	Climate-smart agriculture Agro-processors Post-harvest Greenhouse gas emission Food processing Energy use Technology adoption Climate-smart agriculture Agricultura climáticamente inteligente Agroindustrias Poscosecha Emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero Procesamiento de alimentos Uso de energía Adopción de tecnología Agricultura climáticamente inteligente
topic	Climate-smart agriculture Agro-processors Post-harvest Greenhouse gas emission Food processing Energy use Technology adoption Climate-smart agriculture Agricultura climáticamente inteligente Agroindustrias Poscosecha Emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero Procesamiento de alimentos Uso de energía Adopción de tecnología Agricultura climáticamente inteligente
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