Three ways of knowing: Agricultural knowledge systems of small-scale farmers in Africa with reference to Kenya

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 326-337

  Munyua, Hilda M ^a   Stilwell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 84890144059     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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