Sharecropping efficiency in Ethiopia: Threats of eviction and kinship

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 179-188

  Kassie, Menale ^a,b   Holden, Stein ^b  

^a Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Economics and Resource Management ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Kinship; Sharecropping efficiency; Threat of eviction

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; KINSHIP; SHARECROPPING; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36849043596     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00264.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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