Political shifts toward family farming and agroecology in Japan? The impact of United Nations campaigns

Family Farming in the Transition towards Sustainable Society / L’agriculture familiale dans la transition vers une société durable. Coordonnateurs : Pierre-Marie Bosc, Kae Sekine, Nora McKeon, Jean-Michel Sourisseau

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 33, 2024 Family Farming in the Transition towards Sustainable Society / L’agriculture familiale dans la transition vers une société durable. Coordonnateurs : Pierre-Marie Bosc, Kae Sekine, Nora McKeon, Jean-Michel Sourisseau


Article Number		19
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2024014
Published online		13 August 2024

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