Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Dorosh, Paul ^a   Wang, Hyoung Gun ^b   You, Liangzhi ^a   Schmidt, Emily ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture, Road investment, Sub Saharan Africa; Market access; Spatial crop allocation

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROSS SECTION; DATA SET; GIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROAD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN SITE;

MOZAMBIQUE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84855316884     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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