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Food, Farming and the Environment: The Development of Sustainable Agriculture

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  1. Sugimoto Daizo
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  1. Law School, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 171-8501, Japan

    Awaji Takehisa (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8601, Japan

    Teranishi Shun’ichi (Professor) (Professor)

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Daizo, S., Kazuyuki, I. (2005). Food, Farming and the Environment: The Development of Sustainable Agriculture. In: Takehisa, A., Shun’ichi, T. (eds) The State of the Environment in Asia. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27403-0_4

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