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Forum on Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies

Historicising sustainable livestock intensification and animal genetic improvement in Africa: towards a decolonial multispecies climate justice

Youjin B. ChungEnergy and Resources Group and the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 674-694 | Published online: 10 Dec 2023

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