Seasonal Labor Allocation and Diversification Strategy of Swidden Agricultural System
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Human Geography
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1883-4086,0018-7216
DOI: 10.4200/jjhg1948.47.541