An Exploratory Sudy of Mobile Multimedia Agricultural Advisory System: Challenges and Lessons from Tamil Nadu, India
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عنوان ژورنال: The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1681-4835
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2013.tb00399.x