Assessing Farm’s Performance by Farm Typology in Albania
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2281-3993,2281-4612
DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2016.v5n3s1p288