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  1. 1.

    Conceptual framework and methodology for diagnosing agricultural and rural situations with a view to formulating poverty alleviation policies.

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    To use the term used by Scoones (2009): Re-energising livelihoods perspectives.

  3. 3.

    In some countries that experienced European immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the organizational traditions date back to the beginning of the twentieth century (Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia).

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Bonnal, P., Sourisseau, JM., Bosc, PM., Gasselin, P., Bélières, JF., Valette, É. (2018). Conclusion: Methodological and Conceptual Contributions. In: Bosc, PM., Sourisseau, JM., Bonnal, P., Gasselin, P., Valette, É., Bélières, JF. (eds) Diversity of Family Farming Around the World. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1617-6_26

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