Technical Knowledge and Information Gaps among Smallholder Farmers in the Production of Sugarcane in Kakamega County, Kenya

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Gilbert Odilla Abura ¹ , Raphael Mwiti Gikunda ² , Godffrey NyongesaNato ³

1 - Department of Education, Chuka University, P.O Box 109 – 60400, Chuka
2 - Department of Education, Chuka University, P.O Box 109 – 60400, Chuka
3 - Technical University of Mombasa, P.O Box 90420 – 80100, Mombasa

Received: 2015-12-24 Accepted : 2015-12-24 Published : 2013-12-01

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