Extension systems and change facilitation for agricultural and rural development

Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 201-227

  Cristóvão, Artur ^a   Koutsouris, Alex ^b   Kügler, Michael ^c  

^a Universidade de Vigo   (Portugal)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c German Chambers of Agriculture   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; PROFITABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CRITICAL QUESTIONS; EXTENSION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BROKERS; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84879139745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4503-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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