Folk experiments

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-462

  Bentley, Jeffery W ^a  

^a NONE   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Central America; Farmer inventions; Folk experiments; IPM (Integrated pest management); Technical change in agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845265066     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9017-1     Document Type: Article

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