Improving China’s food and environmental security with conservation agriculture
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Food security: translational agriculture.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1473-5903,1747-762X
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2016.1170330