Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and practices in mango pest management in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-16

  Van Mele, Paul ^a,b   Van Huis, Arnold ^a   Thu Cuc, Nguyen Thi ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Farmers' Knowledge; Information Transfer; Integrated Pest Management; Mango; Pesticides; Pests

Indexed keywords

FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST DAMAGE;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0035122508     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870150215559     Document Type: Article

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