Agriculture and land transformation. 2. Present trends and future prospects

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-158

  Mannion, Antoinette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040516772     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003072709702600304     Document Type: Article

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