The marketing system for fresh yams in Techiman, Ghana and associated post-harvest losses

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Bancroft, R ^a   Gray, A ^a   Gallat, S ^a   Crentsil, D ^b   Gogoe, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Dioscorea spp.; Discounting; Ghana; Losses; Marketing; Post harvest; Traders; Yam

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; MARKET SYSTEM; STORAGE; YAM;

GHANA;

EID: 0032287079     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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