Fempreneurs or organic tea farmers? Entrepreneurialism, resilience and alternative agriculture in Darjeeling, India
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Political Ecology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1073-0451
DOI: 10.2458/v25i1.22386