Information and Communication for Rural Innovation and Development: Context, Quality and Priorities in Southeast Uganda

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-70

  Sseguya, Haroon ^a   Mazur, Robert ^b   Abbott, Eric ^b   Matsiko, Frank ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Developing countries; Information; Innovations; Rural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860896860     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2012.638783     Document Type: Review

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