A learning approach to community agroecosystem management

Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 175-185

  Lightfoot, Clive ^a,b   Fernandez, Maria ^k   Ramirez, Ricardo ^c   Groot, Annemarie ^b   Fernandez Baca, Edith ^d   Shao, Francis ^e   Muro, Grace ^f   Okelabo, Simon ^g   Mugenyi, Anthony ^g   Bekalo, Isaac ^h   Rianga, Andrew ⁱ   Obare, Lynette ^j  

^a International Center for Development Oriented Agriculture   (United States)

^b International Support Group (ISG)   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e and Natural Resources Management Research Consultants (FANRM)   (Tanzania)

^f Tanzania Food Nutr Centre (TFNC)   (Tanzania)

^g Development Support Services (DDS)   (Uganda)

^h International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)   (Kenya)

ⁱ Kisii Network for Ecological Agricultural Development (KNEAD)   (Kenya)

^j Forest Action Network (FAN)   (Kenya)

^k NONE

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