Do rainfall shocks prompt commercial input purchases amongst smallholder farmers in diverse regions and environments in Malawi?

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Do rainfall shocks prompt commercial input purchases amongst smallholder farmers in diverse regions and environments in Malawi?

The ability of farmers to acquire inputs through purchase from available markets empowers them with the autonomy and capacity to diversify inputs, consequently enhancing the resilience of their cropping activities to various shocks. This paper investigates whether climate shocks, particularly rainfa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Makate, Clifton, Makate, Marshall
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	MDPI AG 2022
Subjects:	3801 - Applied economics
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89586

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