Effects if Fertilizer Subsidies in Zambia: A Literature Review
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Keywords
fertilisier subsidies; input subsidies; Zambia; food security;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
- Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2018-03-05 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2018-03-05 (Agricultural Economics)
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