On-site and off-Site long-term economic impacts of soil fertility management practices: The case of maize-based cropping systems in Kenya
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Keywords
Agroforestry; Land degradation; Soil erosion; Sustainable land management; Land management; Economic impacts; maize;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-08-06 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2008-08-06 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2008-08-06 (Development)
- NEP-ENV-2008-08-06 (Environmental Economics)
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