Will promotion of coarse grain processing turn the tide for traditional cereals in the Sahel? Recent empirical evidence from Mali

Food Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-316

  Boughton, Duncan ^b   Reardon, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cereal processing; Coarse grains; Sahel

Indexed keywords

MALIA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CEREALS MARKET; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD PURCHASES; GRAIN PROCESSING; NATIONAL CONSUMPTION;

MALI;

EID: 0031429485     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(97)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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