Commercializing Agriculture in Africa: The Environmental, Health and Safety Implications and the Way Forward
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Summary
A well implemented farm safety programme with massive awareness, more sustainable, environmental friendly method such as conservation agriculture and integration of environmental health impact assessments into African agriculture, research and development on commercialization of agriculture are workable solutions to the likely health, safety and environmental challenges from the commercialization process.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2013-01-01
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 7
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W763090960
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Keywords
Agriculture, Commercialization, Business, Environmental health, Sustainability
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