How farmer-herder conflicts reconfigure the authority of politico-legal institutions in Ghana

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How farmer-herder conflicts reconfigure the authority of politico-legal institutions in Ghana. / Yeboah, Leon Brenya; Abdulai, Abubakari; Agyei, Frank Kwaku; Doke, Dzigbodi Adzo.

I: Journal of Peasant Studies, 04.06.2024.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Yeboah, LB, Abdulai, A, Agyei, FK & Doke, DA 2024, 'How farmer-herder conflicts reconfigure the authority of politico-legal institutions in Ghana', Journal of Peasant Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2349235

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Yeboah, L. B., Abdulai, A., Agyei, F. K., & Doke, D. A. (2024). How farmer-herder conflicts reconfigure the authority of politico-legal institutions in Ghana. Journal of Peasant Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2349235

Vancouver

Yeboah LB, Abdulai A, Agyei FK, Doke DA. How farmer-herder conflicts reconfigure the authority of politico-legal institutions in Ghana. Journal of Peasant Studies. 2024 jun. 4. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2349235

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Yeboah, Leon Brenya ; Abdulai, Abubakari ; Agyei, Frank Kwaku ; Doke, Dzigbodi Adzo. / How farmer-herder conflicts reconfigure the authority of politico-legal institutions in Ghana. I: Journal of Peasant Studies. 2024.

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