Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on women farmers: A case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-112

  Paris, Thelma R ^a   Singh, Abha ^b   Cueno, Amelia D ^a   Singh, V N ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Narendra Deva University of Agricultural Technology ^*  (India)

^c Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology NDUAT   (India)

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EID: 37249018983     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479707005923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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