Jatropha: from global hype to local opportunity Authors
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Authors: Wouter MJ Achten, Wouter H Maes, Raf Aerts, Louis Verchot, Antonio Trabucco, Erik Mathijs, Virendra P Singh, Bart Muys a Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E-2411, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium b Centre for International Forestry Research, P.O. Box 0113 BOCBD, Bogor 16000, Indonesia c Division Agricultural and Food Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E-2411, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium d World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Regional office South Asia, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
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تاریخ انتشار 2009