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Original Articles

Access to agricultural extension, credit and markets among small‐scale farmers in southern Zambia

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Pages 589-608 | Received 01 May 1998, Accepted 01 Jul 1998, Published online: 27 Feb 2008

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  • Respectively, Special Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, University of Zambia; Director, Centre for International Programs, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and Associate Professor, School of Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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