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A quantitative determination of the food security status of rural farming households in the Northern Province of South Africa

Jef L J P Leroy
,
Johan van Rooyen
,
Luc D'Haese
&
Anne-Marie de Winter
Pages 5-17 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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