Sustainability Analysis of Dairy-Horticulture Integrated Farming System
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2386-1363,1391-9318
DOI: 10.4038/jas.v15i2.8813