Mobile Based Information Communication Interactions among Major Agriculture Stakeholders: Sri Lankan Experience
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عنوان ژورنال: The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1681-4835
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2014.tb00422.x