Farmer participation in common bean genotype evaluation: The case of eastern ethiopia

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-408

  Mekbib, F ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 0030804217     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797004079     Document Type: Article

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