FARM SIZE AND LAND USE INTENSITY IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
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عنوان ژورنال: Oxford Economic Papers
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1464-3812,0030-7653
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a042060