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Small Farm Research and Policy Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Tesfa G. Ghebremedhin  and
William M. Johnson
Tesfa G. Ghebremedhin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
William M. Johnson
Affiliation:
Center for Small Farm Research, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , July 1985 , pp. 47 - 56
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1985

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