Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. f.): from local constraints to multi-scale improvement of economic, agronomic and environmental performance in an endemic Sudanian multipurpose agroforestry species

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• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Agroforestry Systems

• Publication date

  2019-02-07

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10457-019-00351-1
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