Bringing Agroforestry Technology to Farmers in the Philippines: Identifying Constraints to the Success of Extension Activities Using Systems Modelling

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-376

  Baynes, Jack ^a   Herbohn, John ^a   Russell, Iean ^a   Smith, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief networks; Harvest certainty; Land tenure; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND TENURE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EASTERN VISAYAS; LEYTE [(ISL) VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS;

EID: 80052026307     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-010-9153-8     Document Type: Article

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