Challenges of adoption and adaptation of land and water management options in smallholder agriculture: Synthesis of lessons and experiences

Rainfed Agriculture: Unlocking the Potential

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 258-275

  Shiferaw, B ^a   Okello, J ^b   Reddy, V Ratna ^c  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Centre for Economic Social Studies   (India)

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