Structural Transformation and African Agriculture

Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-152

  Binswanger Mkhize, Hans P ^a   McCalla, Alex F ^b   Patel, Praful ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Centennial Africa and Middle East   (United States)

Author keywords

African agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural technology generation; agriculture; CAADP (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme); family farm model; regional agricultural institutions; sub Saharan Africa (SSA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870302478     PISSN: 09749101     EISSN: 09752730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097491011000200203     Document Type: Article

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