From Policy Aims and Small-farm Characteristics to Farm Science Needs

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1399-1412

  Lipton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green revolution; Irrigation; Seeds; Small farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARM; GREEN REVOLUTION; IRRIGATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SMALLHOLDER;

EID: 77956881152     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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