Gender issue in contract farming: The case of Malaysian students

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-209

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

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Attitude; Gender and contract farming; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958148496     PISSN: 15574989     EISSN: 15574997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajabssp.2010.204.209     Document Type: Article

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