Socio-demography factors that influence youth attitude towards contract farming

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-608

  D'Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence ^a   Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed ^a   Uli, Jegak ^a   Samah, Bahaman Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Contract farming; Socio demography factors; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953500854     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2010.603.608     Document Type: Article

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