Group-based learning in an authoritarian setting? novel extension approaches in vietnam's Northern uplands

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Schad, Iven ^a   Roessler, Regina ^a   Neef, Andreas ^b   Zárate, Anne Valle ^a   Hoffmann, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Group based extension; Smallholder pig husbandry; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951999291     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2011.536359     Document Type: Article

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