Whether crop diversification is a desired strategy for agricultural growth in Bangladesh?

Food Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-349

  Rahman, Sanzidur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Crop diversification; Diversification economies; Diversification efficiencies; Stochastic input distance function

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67650462260     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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