Soil acidity remediation in sub-Saharan Africa requires targeted investments

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• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Nature Food

• Publication date

  2025-07-25

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s43016-025-01194-zPMID 40715504
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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