The Nexus Between Cocoa Farmers’ Business Schools Participation and Impact to Support Livelihood Improvement Strategies in Ghana
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farmer business school; cocoa; livelihood outcomes; impact; augmented inverse probability weighted regression adjustment model; heterogeneous effect;
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