‘Rule-of-Thumb’ Instructions to Improve Fertilizer Management: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
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- Mahnaz Islam & Sabrin Beg, 2021. "Rule-of-Thumb Instructions to Improve Fertilizer Management: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 70(1), pages 237-281.
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Technology Adoption; Farm Management; Environmental Economics; Resource Management;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2021-06-14 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2021-06-14 (Development)
- NEP-ENV-2021-06-14 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2021-06-14 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-ISF-2021-06-14 (Islamic Finance)
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