Organic agriculture, livelihoods and development

Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-20

  Halberg, Niels ^a   Muller, Adrian ^b  

^a Aarhus University   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84921292875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203124680     Document Type: Chapter

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