Kick-starting a second green revolution in Bengal

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 27-30

  Mukherji, Aditi ^a   Shah, Tushaar ^b   Banerjee, Partha Sarathi ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Anand Office   (India)

^c NONE

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EID: 84861404103     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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