ICT and agricultural productivity: Evidence from cross-country data

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-228

  Lio, Monchi ^a   Liu, Meng Chun ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Digital divide; ICT adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFRASTRUCTURE; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33645971960     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0864.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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