Patterns of participation in farmers' research groups: Lessons from the highlands of southwestern Uganda

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-512

  Sanginga, Pascal C ^a   Tumwine, Jackson ^a,b   Lilja, Nina K ^c  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b Africa Highlands Ecoregional Programme (AHI)   (Uganda)

^c Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA)   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Farmer participatory research; Farmer research group; Gender; Social capital; Social equity; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845243115     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9018-0     Document Type: Article

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