Organic Vegetable Cultivation Reduces Resource and Environmental Costs While Increasing Farmers’ Income in the North China Plain
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عنوان ژورنال: Agronomy
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2073-4395
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10030361