Organic Farming Enlivening the Ladakh Subsistence Agricultural System
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2319-7692,2319-7706
DOI: 10.20546/ijcmas.2019.808.103