Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya

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Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya. / Gachango, Florence Gathoni; Andersen, Laura Mørch; Pedersen, Søren Marcus.

In: Tropical Animal Health and Production, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2014, p. 179-184.

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Gachango, FG, Andersen, LM & Pedersen, SM 2014, 'Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya', Tropical Animal Health and Production, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 179-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0472-6

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Gachango, F. G., Andersen, L. M., & Pedersen, S. M. (2014). Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 46(1), 179-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0472-6

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Gachango FG, Andersen LM, Pedersen SM. Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 2014;46(1):179-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0472-6

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Gachango, Florence Gathoni ; Andersen, Laura Mørch ; Pedersen, Søren Marcus. / Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya. In: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 2014 ; Vol. 46, No. 1. pp. 179-184.

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