Determinants of the place of sell and price of kale for Kiambu, Kenya

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 805-812

  Salasya, Beatrice ^a   Burger, Kees ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kale; Kiambu; Market outlets; Price

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953787901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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