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What does it Mean to Make a ‘Joint’ Decision? Unpacking Intra-household Decision Making in Agriculture: Implications for Policy and Practice

Mariola AcostaStrategic Communication Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands;International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Margit van WesselStrategic Communication Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3611-5817
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Severine van BommelStrategic Communication Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands;School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
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Edidah L. AmpaireInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala, Uganda;Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa, International Development Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jennifer TwymanDecision and Policy Analysis Research Area, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, ColombiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8581-5668
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Laurence JassogneInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala, Uganda;Opus Insights, Den Haag, the Netherlands
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Peter H. FeindtStrategic Communication Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands;Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt University at Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Pages 1210-1229 | Received 23 Jun 2018, Accepted 22 Jul 2019, Published online: 12 Aug 2019

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