Use of communication media in changing rice farmers' pest management in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 413-425

  Heong, K L ^a   Escalada, M M ^b   Huan, N H ^c   Mai, V ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Dept of Development Communication   (Philippines)

^c Min of Agric and Rural Devmt   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diffusion; Insecticide use; Media campaign; Pest management; Rice leaf folders (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; RICE;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0032124380     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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