Factor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast Thailand
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1557-4989
DOI: 10.3844/ajabssp.2015.83.90