Cost and policy determinants of features of tractor markets in Nigeria: Case studies of tractor sellers in Kaduna state and tractor owners in Benue state
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transaction costs; tractors; markets; agricultural mechanization; subsidies; credit; Nigeria; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Western Africa;All these keywords.
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