Smallholder Farmers’ Perspectives on Advisory Extension Services: A Case Study of the Gamo Communities of Southern Ethiopia
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Advisory Extension Services; smallholder farmers; agriculture rural development; livelihood development; Ethiopia;All these keywords.
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