Isolation and agricultural productivity

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Stifel, David ^a   Minten, Bart ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IFPRI   (India)

Author keywords

Regional development; Transaction costs; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFRASTRUCTURE; POVERTY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSPORTATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 45349083837     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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