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Integrating water and agricultural management: Collaborative governance for a complex policy problem. / Fish, Rob D.; Ioris, Antonio A. R.; Watson, Nigel M.
In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 408, No. 23, 01.11.2010, p. 5623-5630.

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Fish RD, Ioris AAR, Watson NM. Integrating water and agricultural management: Collaborative governance for a complex policy problem. Science of the Total Environment. 2010 Nov 1;408(23):5623-5630. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.010

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Fish, Rob D. ; Ioris, Antonio A. R. ; Watson, Nigel M. / Integrating water and agricultural management: Collaborative governance for a complex policy problem. In: Science of the Total Environment. 2010 ; Vol. 408, No. 23. pp. 5623-5630.

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