Total factor productivity growth and agricultural research and extension: An analysis of Pakistan's agriculture, 1960-1996

Pakistan Development Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4 PART II, 2005, Pages 729-744

  Ali, Shujat ^a  

^a Planning and Development Board   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INVESTMENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34248670129     PISSN: 00309729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30541/v44i4iipp.729-746     Document Type: Article

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