How can agriculture research make a difference in countries emerging from conflict?

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-321

  Erskine, W ^a   Nesbitt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 70350570600     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479709007856     Document Type: Article

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