Can Farmers Receive Their Expected Seasonal Tomato Price in Ghana? A Probit Regression Analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainable Agriculture Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1927-0518,1927-050X
DOI: 10.5539/sar.v3n2p16