Managing storage pests of maize: Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and practices in western Kenya
Open Access
- 1 December 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Crop Protection
- Vol. 90, 142-149
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2016.08.033
Abstract
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Funding Information
- International Agricultural Research Centres
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
- European Union, Biovision Foundation
- DFID
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