Participatory approaches for sustainable agriculture: A contradiction in terms?

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-23

  Bruges, Murray ^a   Smith, Willie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Case studies; Learning; New Zealand; Participatory approaches; Policy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 36749037869     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9058-0     Document Type: Article

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