Success-making and success stories: Agronomic research in the spotlight

Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 186-203

  Sumberg, James ^a   Irving, Robin ^b   Adams, Elisabeth ^c   Thompson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Canadian Sport Center Pacific   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874019438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203125434     Document Type: Chapter

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