Factors influencing risk aversion among maize farmers in the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria: implications for sustainable crop development programmes
The attitudes of farmers towards risks influence their decision to invest into farming. Understanding the factors that influence these attitudes is important for crop development. This paper uses a combination of Ridge and Tobit regression analyses to determine the factors influencing risk aversion...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2010
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89382 |
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