Power, interests and the extension of sustainable agriculture

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-113

  Gray, Ian ^a   Dunn, Tony ^a   Phillips, Emily ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; EXTENSION THEORY; POWER RELATIONS;

EID: 0031415112     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9523.00038     Document Type: Article

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