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Research Article

Extending the boundaries of the value-belief-norm theory to off-farm livelihood preferences – Perceptions of food crop farmers in the savanna ecological zone, Ghana

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Received 10 Apr 2023, Accepted 12 May 2024, Published online: 21 May 2024

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