Welfare-environmental quality tradeoffs of promoting use of certified seed potato in tropical highlands of Africa: Evidence from central highlands of Kenya
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Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2016-06-14 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2016-06-14 (Environmental Economics)
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