Beyond the field: Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty

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Beyond the field : Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty. / Larsen, Anna Folke; Lilleør, Helene Bie.

In: World Development, Vol. 64, 12.2014, p. 843-859.

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Harvard

Larsen, AF & Lilleør, HB 2014, 'Beyond the field: Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty', World Development, vol. 64, pp. 843-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.003

APA

Larsen, A. F., & Lilleør, H. B. (2014). Beyond the field: Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty. World Development, 64, 843-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.003

Vancouver

Larsen AF, Lilleør HB. Beyond the field: Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty. World Development. 2014 Dec;64:843-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.003

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Larsen, Anna Folke ; Lilleør, Helene Bie. / Beyond the field : Impact of Farmer Field Schools on food security and poverty. In: World Development. 2014 ; Vol. 64. pp. 843-859.

Bibtex

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