Food aid, food prices, and producer disincentives in ethiopia

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 942-955

  Tadesse, Getaw ^a   Shively, Gerald ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Food aid; Food policy; Price analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMODITY PRICE; FOOD AID; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; INCENTIVE; PRICING POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70149095007     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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