The Empowerment Route to Well-being: An Analysis of Farmer Field Schools in East Africa

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 414-427

  Friis Hansen, Esbern ^a   Duveskog, Deborah ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural extension; East Africa; Empowerment; Farmer Field Schools; Poverty; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; INNOVATION;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84864792029     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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