Making the case for value-added agriculture in economic development

The American Midwest: Managing Change in Rural Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 135-158

  Merrett, Christopher D ^a   Walzer, Norman ^b  

^a Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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