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Development Models at the Crossroads of All Knowledge

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Successive and ongoing crises have precipitated a process of reflexive scientific thought, questioning the role that research should be playing in generating a new development model, be it for the North or the South. That thought process is all the more substantial in that the raised awareness and mobilization of civil society, decision-makers and politicians herald greater funding, particularly in the agriculture and food sector, with priority going to Africa.

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Clavel, D. (2014). Development Models at the Crossroads of All Knowledge. In: Knowledge and Rural Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9124-3_4

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