Food System Transformation and Market Evolutions: An Analysis of the Rise of Large-Scale Grain Trading in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Sitko, Nicholas J. & Burke, William J. & Jayne, T.S., 2017. "Food System Transformation And Market Evolutions: An Analysis Of The Rise Of Large-Scale Grain Trading In Sub-Saharan Africa," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 259554, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
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