Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 33-44

  Freeman, H A ^a   Ehui, Simeon K ^b   A Jabbar, Mohammad ^b  

^a Semi Arid Tropics (Icrisat) Eastern and Southern Africa (Esa)   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Credit constrained; Credit non constrained; Milk productivity; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; DAIRY FARMING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA;

EID: 0032169664     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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