Wheat in bangladesh: Profitability, production practices and environmental and managerial factors affecting yield

Wheat: Genetics, Crops and Food Production

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 315-333

  Rahman, Sanzidur ^a   Hasan, M Kamrul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Environmental and managerial factors; Production practices; Wheat profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892954890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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