Evaluating cotton integrated pest management (IPM) farmer field school outcomes using the sustainable livelihoods approach in India

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-112

  Mancini, Francesca ^a   Van Bruggen, Ariena H C ^a   Jiggins, Janice L S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33846464608     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447970600425X     Document Type: Article

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