Research: Help or hindrance to good farmers in high risk systems?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-152

  Fujisaka, Sam ^a  

^a Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH; RESEARCH ROLE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031150329     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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