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... traditional villages , the villagers being settled in new ' agro - towns ' causing social disinte- gration and economic decline . The third form was the farm corporation or agro - shareholding company where traditional farming was ...
... traditional villages , the villagers being settled in new ' agro - towns ' causing social disinte- gration and economic decline . The third form was the farm corporation or agro - shareholding company where traditional farming was ...
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... traditional systems of irrigation . He is very realistic about the difficulty of transferring traditional meth- ods from one society to quite different ones . He points to the successful examples where modern irrigation has been ...
... traditional systems of irrigation . He is very realistic about the difficulty of transferring traditional meth- ods from one society to quite different ones . He points to the successful examples where modern irrigation has been ...
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... traditional systems in the develop- ment of new irrigation schemes . According to him , " the traditional form of irrig- ation leadership can be characterized as an account- ability model . " Irrigation leaders in traditional systems ...
... traditional systems in the develop- ment of new irrigation schemes . According to him , " the traditional form of irrig- ation leadership can be characterized as an account- ability model . " Irrigation leaders in traditional systems ...
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