A mixed qualitativequantitative participatory methodology: A study of the agricultural knowledge and information system (AKIS) of smallscale farmers in Kirinyaga district, Kenya

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Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 5-18

  Munyua, Hilda ^a   Stilwell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Information systems; Kenya; Knowledge processes; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649138285     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435121011013359     Document Type: Article

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