Changing rice farmers’ pest management practices through participation in a small-scale experiment

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-197

  Heong, K L ^a   Escalada, M M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Insecticides; Ipm Implementation; Leaf Folders; Participatory Research; Rice

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RICE;

ASIA;

EID: 0032461691     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096708798228095     Document Type: Article

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