TOWARDS DESCRIBING SMALL SCALE AGRICULTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF DIVERSITY AND THE IMPACT THEREOF ON EXTENSION SERVICES: THE CASE OF THE LELIEFONTEIN AREA (NORTHERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA)

South African Journal of Agricultural Extension

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 303-317

  Modiselle, S ^a   van Rooyen, C J ^b   Laurent, C ^c   Makhura, M T ^d   Anseeuw, W ^b   Carstens, J ^e  

^a Farmer Settlement   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA   (South Africa)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

diversity; extension services; farming households; impact; Small scale agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249306980     PISSN: 0301603X     EISSN: 24133221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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