Doing things differently: Post-harvest innovation learning alliances in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Innovation Africa: Enriching Farmers Livelihoods

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 186-202

  Mvumi, Brighton M ^a   Morris, Mike ^b   Stathers, Tanya E ^c   Riwa, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature UK (WWF UK)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Tanzania)

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EID: 84925777893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771733     Document Type: Chapter

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