Food crops, exports, and the short-run policy response of agriculture in Africa

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-298

  Lamb, Russell L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Structural adjustment; Sub Saharan Africa; Supply response

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP PRODUCTION; EXPORT; FOOD PRODUCTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034107770     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(00)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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