What should we expect from farmer field schools? A Sri Lanka case study

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1705-1720

  Tripp, Robert ^a   Wijeratne, Mahinda ^b   Piyadasa, V Hiroshini ^c  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Asia; Farmer field school; IPM; Sri Lanka; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; RICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

EID: 26844570230     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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