Water in African agronomy

Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 102-115

  Woodhouse, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861874104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203125434     Document Type: Chapter

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