The Governing of AgricultureInternational Center for Economic Policy Studies and the Institute for the Study of Market Agriculture, 1981 - Agriculture and state - 148 pages |
Contents
FarmCommodity Policy Today | 17 |
The Regulation of Marketing | 45 |
The Promotion and Advertising of Farm Products | 55 |
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