Growth of modern service providers for the African agricultural sector: An insight from a public irrigation scheme in Ghana
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GHANA; WEST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; irrigation schemes; power tillers; combine harvesters; mills; agricultural sector; modern service providers; entry costs; rice;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2018-11-26 (Agricultural Economics)
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