Fertilizer Subsidy and Agricultural Productivity: Empirical Evidence from Nepal
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Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Productivity Analysis;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2018-09-24 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2018-09-24 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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