Science and technology capacity building and partnership in African agriculture: Perspectives on Mali and Egypt

Journal of International Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-646

  Ayele, Seife ^a   Wield, David ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Research on Innovation in Genomics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; MALI; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

MALIA;

EID: 22244477762     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1228     Document Type: Article

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