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Research article

Factors influencing scaling up of agroforestry-based spatial land-use integration for soil fertility management in Arsamma Watershed, Southwestern Ethiopian Highlands

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Pages 1795-1812 | Received 22 Dec 2014, Accepted 02 Sep 2015, Published online: 13 Nov 2015

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