Value-added agricultural enterprises and local economic performance

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-534

  Rupasingha, Anil ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350093805     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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