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Original Articles

Fostering food and energy security through by-product valorization within agricultural and agro-industrial networks: study of the province of Santiago de Cuba

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Pages 159-174 | Received 09 Nov 2015, Accepted 14 Feb 2016, Published online: 07 Mar 2016

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