Farm Size and Productive Efficiency: Lessons from Smallholder Farms in Embu District, Kenya
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0023-6152
DOI: 10.5109/9269