Encouraging fertilizer adoption through risk free sales offer: A randomized control trial in Uganda
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Risk-free sample; Fertilizer; Adoption; Farmers;All these keywords.
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- Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
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