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The 2010s: The politics of the water-energy-food nexus and the role of the private sector!

Virtual water, international relations and the new geopolitics of food

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Pages 1108-1117 | Received 24 Jun 2022, Accepted 06 Oct 2022, Published online: 17 Nov 2022

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