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Adopters, testers or pseudo-adopters? Dynamics of the use of improved tree fallows by farmers in western Kenya

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  • Hebinck, Paul
  • Franzel, Steven
  • Richards, Paul

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  • Kiptot, Evelyne & Hebinck, Paul & Franzel, Steven & Richards, Paul, 2007. "Adopters, testers or pseudo-adopters? Dynamics of the use of improved tree fallows by farmers in western Kenya," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 94(2), pages 509-519, May.
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