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Women’s participation in wood-based value chains in voluntary partnership agreement countries: a case study from La Xuyen wood village in Nam Dinh province, Viet Nam

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Thi Bich, N., Murray, J., Hewitt, D. & Bourlion, N. 2021. Women’s participation in wood-based value chains in voluntary partnership agreement countries: a case study from La Xuyen wood village in Nam Dinh province, Viet Nam – The experience of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme. Rome, FAO.



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