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Drivers of Participation in Private-Public Partnerships by Coffee Farmers in Uganda

By: Stephen Lwasa  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17306/j.jard.2025.4.00036r1 | Journal eISSN: 1899-5772 | Journal ISSN: 1899-5241
Language: English
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Accepted on: Dec 22, 2025
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Published on: Dec 30, 2025
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