Byrnes, Francis C. (author / International Agricultural Development Service) and International Agricultural Development Service
Format:
Research paper
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05586
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Presentation to summer program, The Economics Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA. August 2, 1978. 36 p.
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