Understanding the political economy of agriculture in the tropics

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 738-742

  McMillan, Margaret S ^a   Masters, William A ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033858245     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00072     Document Type: Article

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