The farm-level economics of conservation agriculture for resource-poor farmers

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  2014

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  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

• Publication date

  2014-04-01

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  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Economics

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  DOI 10.1016/J.AGEE.2013.10.014
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