Use of water and land for food security and environmental sustainability
โ Scribed by Keizrul bin Abdullah
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 46 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1531-0353
- DOI
- 10.1002/ird.254
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