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GENERAL & APPLIED ECONOMICS

Factors affecting women’s participation in soil & water conservation in abeshege district Southern Ethiopia

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Article: 2192455 | Received 25 Oct 2022, Accepted 15 Mar 2023, Published online: 20 Mar 2023

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