Fertilizer market liberalization and private retail trade in Kenya

Food Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 505-518

  Freeman, H Ade ^a   Kaguongo, Wachira ^a  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Kenya; Market liberalization; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PRIVATE SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETAILING; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1642562540     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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