Use of indigenous agricultural technologies by the rural men and women farmers in bangladesh

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 27-43

  Kashem, M A ^a   Islam, M M ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh illiteracy; Indigenous technology; Male and female rural farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; RURAL SOCIETY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032705039     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v14n02_05     Document Type: Article

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