Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture: Implications for food security and poverty reduction strategies
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Acknowledgements: Generous support was provided for this study by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Agency for International Development, Economic Growth and Agricultural Trade Division. We also thank Stanford University’s Center for Food Security and the Environment for additional support for the preparation of this study. This study has benefited from the thoughtful comments of Derek Byerlee, Walter Falcon, Diana Grusczynski, Derek Headey, Stein Holden, Mywish Maredia, Nicole Mason, Chewe Nkonde, David Tschirley, and Stephen Wiggins. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors only.
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