The adoption process of ricefield-based fish seed production in Northwest Bangladesh: An understanding through quantitative and qualitative investigation

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-177

  Haque, Mohammad Mahfujul ^a,b   Little, David C ^a   Barman, Benoy K ^c   Wahab, Md Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adaptation and rejection process; Adoption; Decentralised; Northwest Bangladesh; Ricefield based fish seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958015688     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13892241003651415     Document Type: Article

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