Agricultural policy strategy, instruments and implementation: A review and the road ahead

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 46, Issue 53, 2011, Pages 42-50

  Desai, Bhupat M ^a   D'Souza, Errol ^b   Mellor, John W ^c   Sharma, Vijay Paul ^b   Tamboli, Prabhakar ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b IIM A ^*  (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84859411872     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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