Knowledge Gaps and Rural Development in Tajikistan: Agricultural Advisory Services as a Panacea?

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-41

  Shtaltovna, Anastasiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural advisory services; Central Asia; Extension; Post Soviet; Tajikistan; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957427646     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2014.997257     Document Type: Article

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