Mortality as the primary constraint to enhancing nutritional and financial gains from poultry: A multi-year longitudinal study of smallholder farmers in western Kenya

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Otiang, E., Campbell, Z., Thumbi, S.M., Njagi, L.W., Nyaga, P.N. and Palme, G.H. 2020. Mortality as the primary constraint to enhancing nutritional and financial gains from poultry: A multi-year longitudinal study of smallholder farmers in western Kenya. PLoS One 15(5):e0233691.

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