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Determinants of Technical Efficiency in Rice Production on the Weta Irrigation Scheme in the Volta Region, Ghana

 

 

Francis Kastro Kavi

 

 

Tutor, Science Department, Saint Catherine Senior High School, Sogakofe, Ghana.

 

 

 

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