TRANSFORMATION: THE CHALLENGE TO COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
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عنوان ژورنال: Agrekon
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0303-1853,2078-0400
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.1996.9524832