Adoption potential of hedgerow intercropping in maize-based cropping systems in the highlands of western Kenya 2. Economic and farmers' evaluation

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-223

  Swinkels, R ^a,b   Franzel, S ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030934969     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797000094     Document Type: Article

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