Meeting the extension needs of women farmers: a perspective from pennsylvania

Journal of Extension

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Barbercheck, Mary ^a   Brasier, Kathryn J ^a   Kiernan, Nancy Ellen ^a   Sachs, Carolyn ^a   Trauger, Amy ^b   Findeis, Jill ^c   Stone, Ann ^a   Moist, Linda Stewart ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational preferences; Women farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350035747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10775315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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