Civil agronomy: A new dimension of agricultural extension to invoke poverty issues for sustainable rural development

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-122

  Ranasinghe, Thilak T ^a,b  

^a University of Manchester ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultivation choices; Extension messages; Institutional linkages; Rural poor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

SIR LANKA;

EID: 0031423643     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509709469947     Document Type: Article

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