The economics of short rotation improved fallows: Evidence from areas of high population density in western Kenya

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-121

  Swinkels, R A ^a,b   Franzel, S ^a   Shepherd, K D ^a   Ohlsson, E ^a   Ndufa, J K ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Wageningen Agricultural University ^*

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EID: 0030920161     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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