MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Rural employment in tropical Africa, a network approach; annual report, 1974/1975
ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE REPORTING YEAR CAN BE OUTLINED AS FOLLOWS: IN SIERRA LEONE THE RESEARCH PROGRAM CONCENTRATED ON PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION, THE COMPONENTS OF WHICH INCLUDED: 1) FARM-LEVEL STUDY OF 500 FARMERS.
1970
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Abstract
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