Professional ignorance and unprofessional experts: Experiences of how small-scale Vanilla farmers in Uganda learn to produce for export

Social Learning Towards a Sustainable World: Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 449-463

  Kibwika, Paul ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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EID: 70350439148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-594-9     Document Type: Chapter

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