Case Study Problems Facing Small Scale Farmers in Isingiro District, Uganda: Focus on Bananas
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Fig 1: A village woman carrying bananas home to prepare a meal. Project: " From food security to food sovereignty. Citizens and local authorities towards a new paradigm in Europe to reduce world hunger " December 2010
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