Do public works decrease farmers' soil degradation? Labour income and the use of fertilisers in India's semi-arid tropics

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-506

  Van Den Berg, Marrit ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0347560493     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X02000293     Document Type: Article

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