Cash crop production, food price volatility, and rural market integration in the third world

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 90-99

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural technology; Cash crops; Food prices; Food security; Market integration; Multivariate risk; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CASH CROP; CASH CROPPING; CROP CHOICE; CROP PORTFOLIO CHOICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD MARKET INTEGRATION; FOOD SECURITY; MULTI-VARIATE RISK; RURAL MARKET; RURAL MARKETS; SELF-SUFFICIENCY; TRADE LIBERALISATION;

EID: 0027069824     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1242993     Document Type: Article

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