Fostering Capacity-building Among Groups of Disadvantaged Farmers, Southeastern North Carolina (USA)
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Predictors of crop diversification: a survey of tobacco farmers in North Carolina (USA).
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2152-0801
DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2014.043.001