Analysis of households food insecurity and its coping mechanisms in Western Ethiopia

Agricultural and Food Economics - Tập 7 Số 1 - 2019
Seid Sani1, Biruk Kemaw2
1Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia
2Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Debre Brehan University, Debre Brehan, Ethiopia

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