FARMER CHARACTERISTICS, RISK SOURCES AND MANAGERIAL RESPONSES TO RISK IN VEGETABLE FARMING: EVIDENCE FROM LARGE AND SMALLSCALE COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE FARMERS IN KWAZULU-NATAL / Eienskappe van boere, risikobronne en bestuursoptrede ten opsigte van risiko van groenteboerdery met spesifeke verwysing na groot- en kleinskaalse kommersiële groenteboere in KwrZulu-Natal

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