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Green grabbing at the 'pharm' gate: overcoming the barriers of rosy periwinkle production in southern Madagascar

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Green grabbing at the 'pharm' gate: overcoming the barriers of rosy periwinkle production in southern Madagascar. / Neimark, Benjamin.
In: The Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2012, p. 423-445.

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Neimark, B 2012, 'Green grabbing at the 'pharm' gate: overcoming the barriers of rosy periwinkle production in southern Madagascar', The Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 423-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2012.666975

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Neimark, B. (2012). Green grabbing at the 'pharm' gate: overcoming the barriers of rosy periwinkle production in southern Madagascar. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 39(2), 423-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2012.666975

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Neimark B. Green grabbing at the 'pharm' gate: overcoming the barriers of rosy periwinkle production in southern Madagascar. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 2012;39(2):423-445. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2012.666975

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Neimark, Benjamin. / Green grabbing at the 'pharm' gate : overcoming the barriers of rosy periwinkle production in southern Madagascar. In: The Journal of Peasant Studies. 2012 ; Vol. 39, No. 2. pp. 423-445.

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