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FERTILIZER USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIVITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: PANEL EVIDENCE FROM 1992–2019

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FERTILIZER USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIVITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: PANEL EVIDENCE FROM 1992–2019

Abdulkhay Karimovab

a College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China;

b Agroeconomics department, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent 111218, Uzbekistan.

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