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Gaeva, D.V., Krasnov, E.V., Gaev, T.V. (2019). Self-Sufficiency and Environmental Sustainability in Agriculture. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69626-3_98-1
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