Kristjanson, P.M. (1987) The Role of Information and Flexibility in Small-Farm Decision Making and Risk Management: Evidence from the West African Semi-Arid Tropics. PhD thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The challenges to agricultural research systems in Africa are immense, due to a wide range of ecological , technical , demographic and institutional factors. Per capita food production has been declining approximately 2% per year from 1970 -1984, along with an acceleration of food imports and growth in population (World Bank 1984). A primary development goal in many parts of Africa is thus increased production of food crops and increased productivity of the small farmer. The West African semi-arid tropic region (WASAT) is an area comprised mostly of subsistence-oriented farmers that face most of the constraints to production found in all of Africa.....
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Author Affiliation: | University Of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2013 07:53 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2013 07:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/11181 |
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