Transport costs and smallholder cropping choices: An application to Siaya District, Kenya

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 116-123

  Omamo, Steven Were ^a  

^a Intl Serv for Natl Agric Res   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cropping choices; Food import substitution; Nonseparability; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000394626     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180274     Document Type: Article

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