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Profit Efficiency of Smallholder Maize Farmers in Sagnarigu Municipal of Northern Ghana

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  • Anang, Benjamin Tetteh & Shafiwu, Adinan Bahahudeen, 2022. "Profit Efficiency of Smallholder Maize Farmers in Sagnarigu Municipal of Northern Ghana," Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, vol. 25(2), December.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.338710
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