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    Steven Haggblade

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Haggblade, S. (2019). Sub-Saharan African Agriculture. In: Kaplan, D.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9_245

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