Asset, Activity, and Income Diversification Among African Agriculturalists: Some Practical Issues
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Some practical issues and their resolution
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.257344