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Agricultural R&D, Food Prices, Poverty and Malnutrition Redux

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  • Pardey, Philip G.

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  • Alston, Julian M. & Pardey, Philip G., 2014. "Agricultural R&D, Food Prices, Poverty and Malnutrition Redux," Staff Papers 162413, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162413
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