Journal of
Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9774
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 555

Full Length Research Paper

Gender and small-farmer commercialisation: The case of two farming communities in Ghana

Ivy Drafor
  • Ivy Drafor
  • Economics Department, Methodist University College Ghana, P. O. Box DC 940, Dansoman, Accra.
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  •  Received: 27 February 2013
  •  Accepted: 04 February 2014
  •  Published: 30 April 2014

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