The rate of return on expenditures of the south african agricultural research council (ARC)

Agrekon

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 612-622

  Thirtle, C ^a,b   Townsend, R F ^b,c   Amadi, J ^a   Lusigi, A ^a   Van Zyl, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84887138047     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.1998.9523536     Document Type: Article

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