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Research Article

Integrated emergy and economic evaluation of different planting systems in China: implications for coordinating poverty alleviation and rural revitalization

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Article: 2247799 | Received 12 Nov 2022, Accepted 10 Aug 2023, Published online: 23 Aug 2023

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