Danish farmer cooperatives: Development, importance and lessons

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Danish farmer cooperatives : Development, importance and lessons. / Hansen, Henning Otte.

In: Cooperativismo & Desarrollo, Vol. 29, No. 119, 2021.

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Hansen, HO 2021, 'Danish farmer cooperatives: Development, importance and lessons', Cooperativismo & Desarrollo, vol. 29, no. 119. https://doi.org/10.16925/2382-4220.2021.01.03

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Hansen, H. O. (2021). Danish farmer cooperatives: Development, importance and lessons. Cooperativismo & Desarrollo, 29(119). https://doi.org/10.16925/2382-4220.2021.01.03

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Hansen HO. Danish farmer cooperatives: Development, importance and lessons. Cooperativismo & Desarrollo. 2021;29(119). https://doi.org/10.16925/2382-4220.2021.01.03

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Hansen, Henning Otte. / Danish farmer cooperatives : Development, importance and lessons. In: Cooperativismo & Desarrollo. 2021 ; Vol. 29, No. 119.

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