Determinants of off-farm participation decision of farm households in Ethiopia

Agrekon

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-161

  Beyene, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bivariate; Ethiopia; Off farm; Participation; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954748109     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2008.9523794     Document Type: Article

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