Conversion of specialised dairy farming systems into sustainable mixed farming systems in Cuba
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عنوان ژورنال: Environment, Development and Sustainability
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1387-585X,1573-2975
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9142-7