An Integrated Approach to Unravelling Smallholder Yield Levels: The Case of Small Family Farms, Eastern Region, Ghana
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smallholder agriculture; yield determinants; socioeconomic factors; maize; principal component analysis; photo-elicitation interviews; Ghana;All these keywords.
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