Perceptions and Outlook on Intercropping Coffee with Banana as an Opportunity for Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Uganda

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Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda
Laurence Jassogne Philippe V. Baret a a a b

, Piet J.A. van Asten , Ibrahim Wanyama &

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Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, 2L7.05.14, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), P.O. Box 7878, Kampala, Uganda Version of record first published: 28 Aug 2012

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