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Weeds, Diseases, Insect Pests, and Tri-Trophic Interactions in Tropical Agroforestry

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The ‘Push–Pull’ Farming System: Climate-smart, sustainable agriculture for Africa

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The upscaling and out-scaling of ecological intensification: how smallholder farms can inform the science of managing biocontrol at scale

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