Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialized agricultural mechanization service provision a viable business model?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1237-1244

  Houssou, Nazaire ^a   Diao, Xinshen ^a   Cossar, Frances ^a   Kolavalli, Shashidhara ^a   Jimah, Kipo ^a   Aboagye, Patrick Ohene ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Ministry of Food and Agriculture   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; MODELING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFITABILITY; SERVICE PROVISION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

GHANA;

EID: 84890525756     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat026     Document Type: Article

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