The determinants of livestock prices in Niger

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-295

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Gavian, Sarah ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMINE EARLY WARNING; FOOD SECURITY; LIVESTOCK ECONOMY; LIVESTOCK PRICES;

NIGER;

EID: 0031459453     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020928     Document Type: Article

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