VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN THE CHICKEN BROILER INDUSTRY
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture
سال: 1994
ISSN: 2475-7772
DOI: 10.4148/2475-7772.1348