Bioresource use and transformation for a sustainable bioeconomy in the tropics: case studies from Thailand, Kenya and Colombia

Mónica Trujillo; Bioresource use and transformation for a sustainable bioeconomy in the tropics: case studies from Thailand, Kenya and Colombia; Alphayo Lutta; Yudi Yepes; Francis X. Johnson

doi:10.51414/sei2025.014

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