Oil palm cultivation in the Americas: review of the social, economic and environmental conditions of its expansion

Oil palm in Mexico and in the Americas / Le palmier à huile au Mexique et en Amérique latine. Coordonnateurs : Laurène Feintrenie, Cesar J. Vázquez Navarrete, Luz del Carmen Lagunes Espinoza

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 30, 2021 Oil palm in Mexico and in the Americas / Le palmier à huile au Mexique et en Amérique latine. Coordonnateurs : Laurène Feintrenie, Cesar J. Vázquez Navarrete, Luz del Carmen Lagunes Espinoza


Article Number		27
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2021015
Published online		16 July 2021

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