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Factors affecting the use of fertilizers and manure by smallholders: the case of Vihiga, western Kenya

2007-07-01

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Sub-Saharan Africa faces huge food supply challenges due to increasing human population, limited opportunities to increase arable land, and declining yields associated with continuously declining soil fertility. To cater for their food requirements, smallholders use only modest levels of inorganic fertilizers and rely to a large extent on manure, which is generally of low quality. To explore factors influencing fe...

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Literature Corpus work: 54576307-6180-5fcf-9726-c1ab2af0850e
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-006-9087-x

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