The farmer field school in senegal: Does training intensity affect diffusion of information?

Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-60

  Witt, Rudolf ^a   Pemsl, Diemuth E ^b   Waibel, Hermann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Africa; Agricultural Extension; Diffusion; Farmer Field School

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955747292     PISSN: 10770755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5191/jiaee.2008.15204     Document Type: Article

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