Can Big Companies’ Initiatives to Promote Mechanization Benefit Small Farms in Africa? A Case Study from Zambia
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- Birner, R. & Adu-Baffour, F. & Daum, T., 2018. "Can Big Companies' Initiatives to Promote Mechanization Benefit Small Farms in Africa? A Case Study from Zambia," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277288, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2018-09-03 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2018-09-03 (Agricultural Economics)
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