Links among Farm Productivity, Off-Farm Work, and Farm Size in the Southeast
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Measurement , Farm Size and Productivity
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1074-0708,2056-7405
DOI: 10.1017/s1074070800026882