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C. A. FRANCIS, an Agronomist and Plant Breeder, is International Program Technical Director, Rodale Research Center, Box 323 RD 1, Kutztown, PA, 19530 (currently on leave from Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska).
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Francis, C.A. Rationality of new technology for small farmers in the tropics. Agric Hum Values 2, 54–59 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01530551
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