Perceptions of paddy farmers towards sustainable agricultural technologies: Case of haraz catchments area in Mazandaran province of Iran

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1384-1391

  Bagheri, A ^a   Shabanali Fami, H ^b   Rezvanfar, A ^b   Asadi, A ^b   Yazdani, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Paddy farmers; Perception; Sustainable agriculture; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649100699     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2008.1384.1391     Document Type: Article

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