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W.M. Adams, M.J. Mortimore, Agricultural Intensification and Flexibility in the Nigerian Sahel, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 163, No. 2, Environmental Transformations in Developing Countries (Jul., 1997), pp. 150-160
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