Increasing the environmental and social sustainability of cotton farming through farmer education in Andhra Pradesh, India

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 16-25

  Mancini, Francesca ^a   Termorshuizen, Aad J ^a   Jiggins, Janice L S ^a   van Bruggen, Ariena H C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cotton; Farmer field schools; Farmers' education; Gender; India; Integrated pest management; Pesticides; Physical labour

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXICITY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 37349083665     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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