How indigenous farmers and university engineers create actionable knowledge for sustainable irrigation

Action Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-192

  Dewulf, Art ^a   Craps, Marc ^a   Bouwen, René ^a   Abril, Felipe ^b   Zhingri, Mariela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Universidad de Cuenca   (United States)

Author keywords

development cooperation; knowledge creation; participatory action research; relational practice; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747635003     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750305052141     Document Type: Article

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