How farmers research and learn: The case of arable farmers of East Anglia, UK

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Lyon, Fergus ^a  

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EID: 0012149032     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01530522     Document Type: Article

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