Improving Farm-to-Market Linkages through Contract Farming: A Case Study of Smallholder Dairying in India

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  • Pratap S. Birthal
  • Awadhesh K. Jha
  • Marites M. Tiongco
  • Clare Narrod
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تاریخ انتشار 2008