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Food Security and Social Protection in Africa: Re-establishing the Nexus

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  1. Department of Political Science, Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria

    Edidiong Samuel Akpabio

  2. College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Kehinde O. Omotoso

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Akpabio, E.S., Omotoso, K.O. (2021). Food Security and Social Protection in Africa: Re-establishing the Nexus. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69626-3_104-1

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