Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Agricultural and Food Economics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2193-7532
DOI: 10.1186/s40100-016-0047-8