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The ‘Farmer Lens’: A Gender Blinder? Considering Farmer Diversity in Research and Policy on African Farmer-led Irrigation Development Cover

The ‘Farmer Lens’: A Gender Blinder? Considering Farmer Diversity in Research and Policy on African Farmer-led Irrigation Development

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|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1291 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: May 9, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 17, 2023
Published on: Dec 13, 2023
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