Impact of Changing Seasonal Rainfall Patterns on Rainy-Season Crop Production in the Guinea Savannah of West Africa
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Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-06-24 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2013-06-24 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2013-06-24 (Environmental Economics)
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