Examining the drivers of agricultural experimentation among smallholder farmers in Malawi

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 45-65

  Hockett, Michele ^a   Richardson, Robert B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040348495     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479716000673     Document Type: Article

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