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Together Strong or Falling Apart?: Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture

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Together Strong or Falling Apart? Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture. / Chitata, Tavengwa; Kemerink-Seyoum, Jeltsje Sanne; Cleaver, Frances Dalton.
In: International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 17, No. 1, 27.02.2023, p. 87-104.

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Chitata, T, Kemerink-Seyoum, JS & Cleaver, FD 2023, 'Together Strong or Falling Apart? Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture', International Journal of the Commons, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 87-104. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1194

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Chitata, T., Kemerink-Seyoum, J. S., & Cleaver, F. D. (2023). Together Strong or Falling Apart? Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture. International Journal of the Commons, 17(1), 87-104. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1194

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Chitata T, Kemerink-Seyoum JS, Cleaver FD. Together Strong or Falling Apart? Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture. International Journal of the Commons. 2023 Feb 27;17(1):87-104. doi: 10.5334/ijc.1194

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Chitata, Tavengwa ; Kemerink-Seyoum, Jeltsje Sanne ; Cleaver, Frances Dalton. / Together Strong or Falling Apart? Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture. In: International Journal of the Commons. 2023 ; Vol. 17, No. 1. pp. 87-104.

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