Extension educators' perceptions of the educational needs of women farmers in Pennsylvania

Journal of Extension

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Brasier, Kathryn ^a   Barbercheck, Mary ^a   Kiernan, Nancy Ellen ^a   Sachs, Carolyn ^a   Schwartzberg, Audrey ^a   Trauger, Amy ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Needs assessment; Pennsylvania; Women farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350007994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10775315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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