Horticulture: Responding to the challenges of poverty reduction and global competition

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 699, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-41

  Humphrey, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745069697     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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