Regime shifts and technology diffusion in crop yield growth paths with an application to maize yields in Zimbabwe

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-303

  Myers, Robert J ^a   Jayne, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

MAIZE; ZIMBABWE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; ARABLE FARMING; MAIZE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICL INNOVATION;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031429682     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00015     Document Type: Article

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