A participatory simulation to facilitate farmers' adoption of livestock feeding systems based on conservation agriculture in the uplands of Northern Vietnam

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-132

  Martin, Cedric ^a,b   Castella, Jean Christophe ^b,c,d   Anh, Hoang Lan ^b   Eguienta, Yann ^a,b,e   Hieu, Tran Trong ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute   (Viet Nam)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^e CNEARC Centre National d'Etudes Agronomiques des Régions Chaudes   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Livestock systems; Mountain areas; Participatory simulation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013895213     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2004.9684572     Document Type: Article

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