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Eco-friendly kitchen gardening by Pakistani rural women developed through a farmer field school participatory approach

Tahira YasminFaculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310Johor Bahru, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Roshanzada KhattakNational IPM Programme, Institute of Plant & Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, P.O. Box 1031, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Ibrahim NgahFaculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Pages 32-41 | Received 14 Feb 2013, Accepted 12 Sep 2013, Published online: 18 Oct 2013

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