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GENERAL & APPLIED ECONOMICS

The influence of off-farm work on farm income among smallholder farm households in northern Ghana

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Article: 2196861 | Received 04 Nov 2022, Accepted 25 Mar 2023, Published online: 05 Apr 2023

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