Agricultural land use efficiency and food crop production in Ghana

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 967-983

  Quaye, Amos K ^a   Hall, Charles A S ^a   Luzadis, Valerie A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereals; Extensive system; Ghana; Land use efficiency; Starchy staples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893663126     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9234-z     Document Type: Article

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