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DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Factors influencing the intensity of market participation of smallholder livestock producers in southwest Ethiopia

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Article: 2258672 | Received 19 Dec 2021, Accepted 09 Sep 2023, Published online: 19 Sep 2023

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