The acquisition and diffusion of knowledge: The case of pest management training in Farmer Field Schools, Indonesia

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-243

  Feder, Gershon ^a   Murgai, Rinku ^a   Quizon, Jaime B ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PESTICIDE; TRAINING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 4143049051     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2004.tb00094.x     Document Type: Article

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