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Agriculture and water quality trading: Exploring the possibilities

M.O. Ribaudo and C.J. Nickerson
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation January 2009, 64 (1) 1-7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.64.1.1
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