Exceptional circumstances provisions in Australia - Is there too much emphasis on drought?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-488

  Thompson, David ^a   Powell, Roy ^a  

^a Ctr for Agric and Regl Econ P/L   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032123368     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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