The role of personal information sources on the decision-making process of Costa Rican dairy farmers

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-18

  Solano, C ^a,b   Leon H ^b   Perez E ^d   Herrero, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Informática Y Asesoría Pecuaria S A Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Dairy farming; Decision making; Extension; Information sources; Trusted people

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INFORMATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0037375839     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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