Disseminating Improved Practices: Are Volunteer Farmer Trainers Effective?

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-540

  Lukuyu, B ^a,b   Place, F ^b   Franzel, S ^b   Kiptot, E ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adoption; Crop and livestock technologies; Dissemination; Extension approaches; Farmer trainers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866689399     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2012.707066     Document Type: Article

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