Farmers’ Local Knowledge in Extensive Shrimp Farming Systems in Coastal Bangladesh
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عنوان ژورنال: APCBEE Procedia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2212-6708
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.013