Journal of
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2170
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAERD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 489

Full Length Research Paper

Agricultural extension reforms and development in Uganda

Nana AfranaaKwapong1* and Ephraim Nkonya2
1Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. 2International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 22 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 23 March 2015
  •  Published: 30 April 2015

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