Land degradation and economic sustainability
β Scribed by Jai Singh; Jai Pal Singh
- Book ID
- 116157777
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 575 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-8009
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