The livestock guru: Demand-led knowledge transfer for poverty alleviation

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 94-100

  Heffernan, Claire ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Andean Cosmo vision; Bolivia; ICTs; India; Learning outcomes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (KT); LEARNING OUTCOMES; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VISUAL CUES;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 47649093423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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