The Effects of Training, Innovation and New Technology on African Smallholder Farmers' Economic Outcomes and Food Security: A Systematic Review

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  2015

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  Campbell Systematic Reviews

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  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Business, Economics

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  DOI 10.4073/CSR.2015.16
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