Sustainable agriculture or sustained error? The case of cotton in Kirinyaga, Kenya

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1719-1731

  Castro, Alfonso Peter ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645400366     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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