Measuring the impact of user participation in agricultural and natural resource management research

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-306

  Johnson, Nancy L ^a   Lilja, Nina ^b   Ashby, Jacqueline A ^c  

^a Ctro Internacional de Agri Trop   (Colombia)

^b Systemwide Prog Participatory R   (Colombia)

^c Rural Innovation Institute   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Agricultural and natural resource management; Impact; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0142123070     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(03)00130-6     Document Type: Article

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