DIRECT PAYMENTS VERSUS SUBSIDIZED CROP INSURANCE IN AGRICULTURE
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عنوان ژورنال: Problems of Agricultural Economics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0044-1600,2392-3458
DOI: 10.30858/zer/89616