How much of the world's food do smallholders produce?

Global Food Security

Volumn 17, Issue , 2018, Pages 64-72

  Ricciardi, Vincent ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^a   Mehrabi, Zia ^a   Jarvis, Larissa ^a   Chookolingo, Brenton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85047151173     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2018.05.002     Document Type: Review

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