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A Programming Model of Tongan Smallholder Agriculture: Profit-Maximisation, Subsistence Consumption and Risk

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  • Delforce, Julie C., 1990. "A Programming Model of Tongan Smallholder Agriculture: Profit-Maximisation, Subsistence Consumption and Risk," 1990 Conference (34th), February 13-15, 1990, Brisbane, Australia 145008, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.145008
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    1. John L. Dillon & Pasquale L. Scandizzo, 1978. "Risk Attitudes of Subsistence Farmers in Northeast Brazil: A Sampling Approach," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 60(3), pages 425-435.
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