Hands off but strings attached: The contradictions of policy-induced demand-driven agricultural extension

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-204

  Klerkx, Laurens ^a   de Grip, Karin ^a   Leeuwis, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand driven agricultural extension; Knowledge markets; Nutrient management; Privatization; Public interest; State intervention; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646936552     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-005-6106-5     Document Type: Article

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