Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries?

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-33

  Deichmann, Uwe ^a   Goyal, Aparajita ^a   Mishra, Deepak ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Information and communication technology (ICT); World development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MOBILE PHONE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84999816144     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12300     Document Type: Article

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