Constraints to the utilisation of conservation agriculture in Africa as perceived by agricultural extension service providers
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Adoption gap; Qualitative assessment; Africa; Information gap; Farmer to farmer extension; Conservation agriculture; Agricultural extension;All these keywords.
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