Agrarian structure and agricultural practice: Typology and application to Western Sudan

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 236-245

  Kevane, Michael ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian structure; Labor; Rural credit; Small farmers; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN STRUCTURE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; LANDHOLDING STRUCTURE; YIELD IMPACT;

SUDAN;

EID: 0030462106     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243794     Document Type: Article

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