Kotsiri, Sofia (author), Rejesus, Roderick M. (author), Larkin, Sherry (author), Lambert, Dayton M. (author), English, Burton C. (author), Larson, James A. (author), Velandia, Margarita M. (author), Roberts, Roland K. (author), Mishra, Ashok K. (author), and Paudel, Krishna P. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2013-02-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00900
Notes:
Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 3-5, 2013. 31 pages.
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