The 'full potential' of Uganda's cotton industry

Development Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-85

  Baffes, John ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton sector; Full potential; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY; TRAINING;

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

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 57749085333     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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