Assessing sugarcane production sustainability in Mozambique: integrating the SustenAgro Index approach with the Entropy Weight Method
Gabriel Chico Viegas; Ana Marta-Costa; Rui Fragoso; Edgar Cambaza
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Submitted date:
11/16/2024
Accepted date:
01/30/2025