Farmer field school and banana xanthomonas wilt management: A study of banana farmers in four villages in Siaya County, Kenya
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2141-2170
DOI: 10.5897/jaerd2015.0737