Farm size and effects of chemical fertilizer price on farm households: Insights from Nepal Terai
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fertilizers; inorganic fertilizers; farm inputs; farm size; farm structure; smallholders; households;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2017-02-19 (Agricultural Economics)
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