The Influence of Farmers' Mental Models on an Agroforestry Extension Program in the Philippines

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-387

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chain of evidence; Constructivist; Question base approach; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; PLANTATION; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER;

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

EID: 80052035394     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-010-9154-7     Document Type: Article

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