Food Self-Sufficiency: Opportunities and Challenges for the Current Food System
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2574-1241
DOI: 10.26717/bjstr.2020.31.005061