Sending farmers back to school: The impact of farmer field schools in Indonesia

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-62

  Feder, Gershon ^a   Murgai, Rinku ^a   Quizon, Jaime B ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 21144434467     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2003.00161.x     Document Type: Review

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