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gronomic Potential
Potential
Yields
Agroecology
Technology
Agroeconomic Potential
__________Potential
Profits
Output demand and prices
Fertilizer prices
Organization of I/O subsectors:
Structure
Conduct
Performance
Basic services:
Infrastructure (transpt, com., mkts.)
Quality control
Contract enforcement
Banks
Demographics
Human capital formation:
Education
Extension
HealthZnutrition
Government policies:
Taxes and subsidies
Trade and exchange rates
Research and development investments
Financial capital formation: -----
Income levels <≤f
Credit availability
Assets
Fertilizer
Consumption
Levels x√