Comment to 'The system of rice intensification: Time for an empirical turn', [NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 57 (2011) 217-224]

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Uphoff, N ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84860771242     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2012.02.001     Document Type: Letter

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