Socio-economic Factors Affecting Acceptance of Livestock and Rangelands Insurance (Case Study: Agh Ghala county, Golestan Province, Iran)
Subject Areas : Socio-EconomicsMehdi Foladizada 1 , Hossein Barani 2 , Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani 3 , Hamid Mostafaloo 4
1 - uneversite of gorgan
2 - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
3 - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
4 - Department of Natural Resources
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