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Embodied Land Resources Trade in Major African Countries: A Global Trade and Supply Chains Perspective

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This study is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (71704104, 71774100), sponsored by Shanghai Pujiang Program(2020PJC078).

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    Xu Tian

  2. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA

    Joseph Sarkis

  3. Humlog Institute, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland

    Joseph Sarkis

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Tian, X., Sarkis, J. (2022). Embodied Land Resources Trade in Major African Countries: A Global Trade and Supply Chains Perspective. In: Frei, R., Ibrahim, S., Akenroye, T. (eds) Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains. Greening of Industry Networks Studies, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78791-2_4

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