Extension and training practices: challenges for smallholder cattle farmers’ community in Thailand
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Agricultural Extension
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2311-6110,2311-8547
DOI: 10.33687/ijae.006.02.2483