Early Farming Systems Research and Extension experience in Africa and possible relevance for FSR in Europe

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-71

  Bingen, JiM ^a   Gibbon, David ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rural Livelihood Systems (RULIVSYS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PRINCIPLES; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EXTENSION SYSTEMS; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL SCALE FARMERS; SOCIAL SCIENTISTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884982308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4503-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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