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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Impact of Awash irrigation on the welfare of smallholder farmers in Eastern Ethiopia

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Article: 2024722 | Received 13 Nov 2020, Accepted 26 Dec 2021, Published online: 16 Jan 2022

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