Refining returns to research and development in South African commercial agriculture

Agrekon

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-290

  Khatri, Y ^a   Schimmelpfennig, D ^b   Thirtle, C ^c   Van Zyl, J ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b United States Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 0003003282     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.1996.9524850     Document Type: Article

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