Institutional models for accelerating agricultural commercialization: Evidence from post-independence Zambia, 1965-2012

Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 281-310

  Chapoto, Antony ^a   Haggblade, Steven ^b   Hichaambwa, Munguzwe ^c   Kabwe, Stephen ^c   Longabaugh, Steven ^b   Sitko, Nicholas J ^b   Tschirley, David ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute   (Zambia)

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EID: 84917410726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203387894     Document Type: Chapter

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