A participatory exercise for modifying rice farmers' beliefs and practices in stem borer loss assessment

Crop Protection

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Escalada, M M ^a   Heong, K L ^b  

^a VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Decision making; Pest management; Rice stem borers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PEST CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0344514803     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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