Migrant remittance and farm production decisions in Cameroon

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1668-1675

  Molua, Ernest L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Farming household; Migration; Profits; Remittance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949883749     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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