Transitioning to Sustainable Agriculture Requires Growing and Sustaining an Ecologically Skilled Workforce
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2571-581X
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00096