Rural leadership and sustainable agriculture: Criteria for recruiting leaders

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 228-234

  Zamani, G H ^a   Karami, E ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Leadership; Recruiting leaders; Rural leaders; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845454664     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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