Learning from experts and peer farmers about rice production: Experimental evidence from Cote d’Ivoire

Kazushi Takahashi; Yukichi Mano; Keijiro Otsuka

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.004

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Learning from experts and peer farmers about rice production: Experimental evidence from Cote d’Ivoire

Kazushi Takahashi Yukichi Mano Keijiro Otsuka

World Development Vol. 122 pp. 157-169 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Oct 01, 2019
Vol/Issue: 122
Pages: 157-169
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Authors

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Kazushi Takahashi

Department of Neurology Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital Tokyo Japan

Y

Yukichi Mano

Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan

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Keijiro Otsuka

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; 7-22-1 Roppongi Minato-Ku Tokyo 106-8677 Japan

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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

JICA Research Institute

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Kazushi Takahashi, Yukichi Mano, Keijiro Otsuka (2019). Learning from experts and peer farmers about rice production: Experimental evidence from Cote d’Ivoire. World Development, 122, 157-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.004

Learning from experts and peer farmers about rice production: Experimental evidence from Cote d’Ivoire

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