Nonfarm Work and Fertilizer Use Among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: A Cross-Crop Comparison
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Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2015-08-07 (Agricultural Economics)
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