Tank irrigation management as a local common property: the case of Tamil Nadu, India
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عنوان ژورنال: Agricultural Economics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0169-5150,1574-0862
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2001.tb00207.x