Assessing the impact of farmer field school participation on ipm adoption in Uganda

Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 5-18

  Erbaugh, J Mark ^a   Donnermeyer, Joseph ^a   Amujal, Magdalene ^b   Kidoido, Michael ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kulika Uganda Trust   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Adoption; Farmer field schools (FFS); Integrated pest management (IPM); Technology transfer; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960720963     PISSN: 10770755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5191/jiaee.2010.17301     Document Type: Article

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