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  1. Area of Watershed Management and Agroforestry Systems, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    Donald C. L. Kass

  2. ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya

    Pedro A. Sanchez

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This journal usually does not publish ‘Letters to the editor’. However, we have decided to publish the following letter and the reply because we believe that their contents are of considerable interest to the readers and the science of agroforestry.

As far as the journal is concerned, this ‘debate’ is now closed. Any new submission intended for publication will be considered as a regular manuscript according to the journal's publication policy and editorial procedure.

Dr P. A. Sanchez, the author of the subject paper, has gracefully waived his role as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of this issue.

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Kass, D.C.L., Sanchez, P.A. Letters to the editor. Agroforest Syst 33, 101–108 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213644

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