Farm productivity in Rwanda: Effects of farm size, erosion, and soil conservation investments

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-136

  Byiringiro, Fidele ^a   Reardon, Thomas ^b  

^a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EROSION; FARM PRODUCTIVITY; FARM SIZE; INVESTMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

RWANDA;

EID: 0030274287     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(96)01201-7     Document Type: Article

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