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      Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2 °C target

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                Journal
                Global Change Biology
                Glob Change Biol
                Wiley-Blackwell
                13541013
                December 2016
                December 11 2016
                : 22
                : 12
                : 3859-3864
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                10.1111/gcb.13340
                3ba9fe09-8d58-4211-85b6-773f1b2e92d9
                © 2016

                http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1

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