A hedonic approach to estimating the supply of variety attributes of a subsistence crop

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-28

  Edmeades, Svetlana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural household; Attribute trade off; Banana; Hedonic; Supply; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FRUIT; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TRADE-OFF;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 34447297792     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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