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It is perhaps axiomatic to state that the groundnut crop is produced in farming systems ranging from the most primitive to the most advanced. The role it performs in these systems varies considerably, from labour-intensive shifting cultivation to highly capital-intensive systems in North America and Australia.
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Smartt, J. (1994). The groundnut in farming systems and the rural economy — a global view. In: Smartt, J. (eds) The Groundnut Crop. World Crop Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0733-4_16
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