Smallholder mechanization induced by yield-enhancing biological technologies: Evidence from Nepal and Ghana
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Biological and mechanical technologies; Agroclimatic similarity; Adoption intensity; Principal component-based instrumental variables; Nepal; Ghana;All these keywords.
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