Family farming through the lens of work organization. Illustrations from Africa

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Numéro		Cah. Agric. Volume 34, 2025


Numéro d'article		34
Nombre de pages		15
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2025034
Publié en ligne		14 novembre 2025

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