Online Journal of Earth Sciences

Year: 2009
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Page No. 46 - 55

Predictors of Agroforestry Technology Adoption and Land Conservation Strategies in the Highlands of South Western, Uganda

Authors : Mukadasi Buyinza and Asiya Naagula

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