Organic farming: Its relevance to the Indian context

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 561-568

  Ramesh, P ^a   Singh, Mohan ^b   Subba Rao, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 17444381615     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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