New agricultural technology and smallfarmers in Latin America
β Scribed by John H. Sanders; John K. Lynam
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 808 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-9192
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