Fertilizer and Sustainable Intensification in Africa
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Keywords
Sub-Saharan Africa; fertilizer; sustainable intensification; food security; policy.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
- Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
- Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2018-05-21 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2018-05-21 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2018-05-21 (Development)
- NEP-ENV-2018-05-21 (Environmental Economics)
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