Rethinking technological change in smallholder agriculture
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Technological Change in Agriculture and Poverty
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Outlook on Agriculture
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0030-7270,2043-6866
DOI: 10.1177/0030727019864978