Agro-based industry, mobile phone and youth: A recipe for success

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed ^a   Hassan, Md Salleh ^a   Hassan, Musa Abu ^a   D'Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mobile phone; Youth agro based entrepreneurs and agriculture information

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349799233     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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