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Competence for Rural Innovation and Transformation
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Can agricultural research and extension be used to challenge the processes of exclusion and marginalisation?

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Pages 79-94 | Received 26 Mar 2018, Accepted 20 Sep 2018, Published online: 10 Oct 2018

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