Structural Adjustment and Economic Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana

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Previous articleNext article No AccessStructural Adjustment and Economic Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern GhanaAwudu Abdulai and Wallace HuffmanAwudu AbdulaiSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Search for more articles by this author and Wallace HuffmanIowa State University Search for more articles by this author Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ZurichIowa State UniversityPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 48, Number 3April 2000 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/452608 Views: 434Total views on this site Citations: 82Citations are reported from Crossref © 2000 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Nyarai M. 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