A review of the economic impact of malaria in agricultural development

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-304

  Asenso Okyere, Kwadwo ^a   Asante, Felix A ^b   Tarekegn, Jifar ^a   Andam, Kwaw S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Food production; I10; Insect borne diseases; O13; Public health; Tropical health

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79953303837     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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