Assessing the Technical Efficiency and Resilience of Rwandan Smallholder Farmers Participating in Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes
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agriculture; smallholders; climate change; technical efficiency; irrigation; Rwanda; sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
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