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Research Articles

A gender-differentiated analysis of climate-smart agriculture adoption by smallholder farmers: application of the extended technology acceptance model

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Pages 1-21 | Received 06 Nov 2019, Accepted 26 Sep 2020, Published online: 07 Dec 2020

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