Potential of extension workshops to change farmers' knowledge and awareness of IPM

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-88

  Hashemi, Seyyed Mahmoud ^a   Mokhtarnia, Muhammad ^a   Erbaugh, J Mark ^b   Asadi, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension workshops; Integrated pest management (IPM); Iran; Karaj; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PEST CONTROL; SURVEYS;

EXTENSION WORKSHOPS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM); IRAN; KARAJ; KNOWLEDGE;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; TRAINING;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; IRAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PEST MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGRICULTURE; EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; IRAN; PEST CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KARAJ; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 56349091417     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.040     Document Type: Article

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