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The cost and benefit analysis of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder crop producers in the case of Sekela district, West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia

Yaregal Tilahun1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Tefri, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lanouar Charfeddine2 Finance and Economics, Qatar University, QatarView further author information
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Article: 1999590 | Received 18 Apr 2021, Accepted 26 Oct 2021, Published online: 27 Nov 2021

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