Alternative versus conventional attitudes in higher agricultural education

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-363

  Rasmussen, Jesper ^a   Kaltoft, Pernille ^b  

^a Department of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 0038709560     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2003.9754978     Document Type: Article

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