Agriculture communication in Malaysia: The current situation

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-396

  Salleh Hassan, Md ^a   Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed ^a   Samah, Bahaman Abu ^a   Ali, Muhamad Sham Shahkat ^a   Ramli, Nor Sabila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agriculture communication; Farmers development; Mass media

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952517397     PISSN: 15574989     EISSN: 15574997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajabssp.2010.389.396     Document Type: Article

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