Promises and realities of community-based agricultural extension

Community, Market and State in Development

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 187-208

  Feder, Gershon ^a   Anderson, Jock R ^b   Birner, Regina ^a   Deininger, Klaus ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85015855515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230295018_12     Document Type: Chapter

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