Erratum to Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh (Sustain Sci, 10.1007/s11625-013-0234-4);Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-44

  Roy, Ranjan ^a,b   Chan, Ngai Weng ^a   Rainis, Ruslan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b SHER E BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Composite indicator; Development; Rice farming; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890882985     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0238-0     Document Type: Erratum

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