Agricultural Technology, Productivity, and Poverty in Madagascar

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 797-822

  Minten, Bart ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; Madagascar; poverty; spatial analysis; sub Saharan Africa; technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FOOD SECURITY; POVERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; YIELD;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41749099028     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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