The ‘blind spot’ of agricultural research: Labour flexibility, composition and worker availability in the South West of England

Multifacet realities of work in agriculture. Coordonnateurs : Benoît Dedieu, Julio Cesar Damasceno, Guillermo Neiman, Sandra Schiavi

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 27, Number 3, Mai–Juin 2018 Multifacet realities of work in agriculture. Coordonnateurs : Benoît Dedieu, Julio Cesar Damasceno, Guillermo Neiman, Sandra Schiavi


Article Number		35002
Number of page(s)		7
Section		Études originales / Original Studies
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2018018
Published online		16 May 2018

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