A smorgasbord of agricultural technologies: Farmers' choices and lessons from Chalite, Panama

Development in Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-130

  Slatton, Russell ^a   Orr, Blair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and diversity; Labour and livelihoods; Latin America and the Caribbean; Methods; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GENDER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LATIN AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 38549129777     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520701778991     Document Type: Article

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