Linkages between Social-learning Networks and Farm Sustainability for Smallholder Shrimp Farmers in Sri Lanka
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Fisheries Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0116-6514,2073-3720
DOI: 10.33997/j.afs.2016.29.2.003