Integration of post-harvest management in agricultural policy and strategies to minimise post harvest losses in Lesotho

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics

سال: 2020

ISSN: 2006-9774

DOI: 10.5897/jdae2019.1082