Rethinking sustainable land management planning: Understanding the social and economic drivers of farmer decision-making in Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.08.041
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Land degradation; Sustainable land management; Farmer decision-making; Tanzania; Malawi; Africa;All these keywords.
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