Rural innovation systems and networks: findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders

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  2011

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  Agriculture and Human Values

• Publication date

  2011-06-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Sociology, Economics

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  DOI 10.1007/S10460-010-9273-Y
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