Diagnostic indicators of soil quality in productive and non-productive smallholders’ fields of Kenya’s Central Highlands

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

• Publication date

  2000-06-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00142-5
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