Effects of training on acquisition of pest management knowledge and skills by small vegetable farmers

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1504-1510

  Yang, Puyun ^a   Liu, Wenxin ^b   Shan, Xunan ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Zhou, Jinyu ^c   Lu, Jianping ^c   Li, Yahong ^c  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c General Station of Plant Protection and Quarantine of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Farmer field school; Integrated pest management; Knowledge; Training

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EDUCATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PEST CONTROL; TRAINING; VEGETABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 55049101160     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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