Transaction costs, information technologies and the choice of marketplace amongst farmers in northern Ghana

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Zanello, Giacomo (author), Shankar, Bhavani (author), and Srinivasan, C.S. (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2012-04
    URL:
    http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/134740
    Published:
    Ghana
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00950
    Subject Term:
    cooperative programs, credibility (sources), decision making, economics of information, extension agents, extension communication, farmers, Ghana, market information, marketing techniques, markets, markets (selling), media effectiveness, radio, small farms, telephone communication, value of information, information technology, trust, cell phones, and mobile communication
    Notes:
    Paper presented at the 86th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, April 16-18, 2012. 23 pages.

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