The trade-off between economic efficiency and food self-sufficiency in using Sudan's irrigated land resources

Food Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-54

  Hassan, Rashid M ^a   Faki, Hamid ^b   Byerlee, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic resource cost; Food self sufficiency; Irrigation agriculture

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; SELF SUFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

SUDAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033961778     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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