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Risk preferences as determinants of soil conservation decisions in Ethiopia

H. Teklewold and G. Köhlin
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2011, 66 (2) 87-96; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.66.2.87
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