Farmers’ Perceptions of Finger Millet Production Constraints, Varietal Preferences and Their Implications to Finger Millet Breeding in Uganda
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agricultural Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1916-9760,1916-9752
DOI: 10.5539/jas.v6n12p126