Can Risk-aversion towards fertilizer explain part of the non-adoption puzzle for hybrid maize? Empirical evidence from Malawi
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Keywords
Adoption; hybrid maize; fertilizer; risk-aversion; Malawi;All these keywords.
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- Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-01-14 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2007-01-14 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-INO-2007-01-14 (Innovation)
- NEP-UPT-2007-01-14 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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