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Reviewing the links between desertification and food insecurity: from parallel challenges to synergistic solutions

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  • Lindsay Stringer, 2009. "Reviewing the links between desertification and food insecurity: from parallel challenges to synergistic solutions," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 1(2), pages 113-126.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12571-009-0016-0
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