Improving gender responsiveness of agricultural extension

Gender in Agriculture: Closing the Knowledge Gap

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 411-430

  Ragasa, Catherine ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural extension services; Extension agents; Gender; Information and communication technologies (ICTs); Rural advisory services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956562067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4_17     Document Type: Chapter

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