The role of television in the enhancement of farmers' agricultural knowledge

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 931-936

  Nazari, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Hassan, Salleh Bin Hj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) East Asia Regional Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Knowledge; Media; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952501735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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