Farmers' participatory evaluation of reducing pesticides, fertilizers and seed rates in rice farming in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Crop Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-464

  Huan, N H ^a   Thiet, L V ^a   Chien, H V ^a   Heong, K L ^b  

^a Plant Protection Department   (Viet Nam)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Farmer participatory research; Fertilizers; Pesticide reduction; Rice; Seed rates; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RICE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 15244350645     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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