Open Access
Issue
OCL
Volume 21, Number 2, March-April 2014
Article Number D206
Number of page(s) 5
Section Dossier: Oil crops and supply chain in Africa / La filière oléagineuse en Afrique
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ocl/2013045
Published online 05 March 2014
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