Grain & Graze: An innovative triple bottom line approach to collaborative and multidisciplinary mixed-farming systems research, development and extension

Animal Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 729-735

  Price, R J ^a   Hacker, R B ^b  

^a Kiri ganai Research   (Australia)

^b Central West Lachlan Region   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; MIXED FARMING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349333083     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08306     Document Type: Article

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