Adoption of technologies that enhance soil carbon sequestration in East Africa. What influence farmers’ decision?

Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a1, Dorcas Anyango Jalang’o2, Evan Hartunian Girvetz2
1International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), National Agricultural Research Laboratories - Kawanda, P. O. Box 6247, Kampala, Uganda
2International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), P. O. Box 823-00621, Nairobi, Kenya

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