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The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa

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  • Traub, Lulama Ndibongo
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The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa

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  • Traub, Lulama Ndibongo & Jayne, Thomas S., 2004. "The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa," Food Security International Development Working Papers 54570, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54570
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