Constraints faced by tribal women in adoption of organic farming
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عنوان ژورنال: ADVANCE RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0976-5611,2231-6418
DOI: 10.15740/has/arjss/5.2/224-229