A new spin on an old debate: Errors in farmer-reported production and their implications for inverse scale - Productivity relationship in Uganda
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Maize; Yield measurement; Plot area measurement; Inverse scale-productivity relationship; Crop cutting; Remote sensing; Household surveys; Uganda; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
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- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
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