Risk aversion and sustainable maize production in Nigeria: some challenges and prospects for agricultural and economic development
This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in Northern Nigeria. Using a ridge regression analysis, a measure of risk aversion was derived for each individual farmer in a model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional survey...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2007
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91434 |
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