Estimating the supply response of cotton and cereal crops in smallholder production systems: Recent evidence from Mali

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 519-533

  Vitale, Jeffrey D ^a   Djourra, Hamady ^b   Sidibé, Aminata ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut d'Economie Rurale IER   (Mali)

Author keywords

Cotton; Mali; Rotation; Supply response

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POLICY REFORM; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69549096034     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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