Research approaches to support development

Fishponds in Farming Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 213-227

  Edwards, Peter ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Farming systems research; Interdisciplinarity; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879786436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-596-3     Document Type: Chapter

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