Sustainable agricultural development for small farmers in Nepal: Myth or reality?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-94

  Regmi, Punya P ^b   Weber, Karl E ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POVERTY; SMALLHOLDER SECTOR; SMALLHOLDERS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030446196     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003072709602500204     Document Type: Article

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