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Designing a durable and positive future for agriculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Charles A. Francis
Charles A. Francis
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Professor of Agronomy and Director, Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0949.
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 44 - 47
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