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Case Study of Tribal Farmers' Agricultural Information Needs and Accessibility in Attappady Tribal Block, Palakkad

This paper highlights agricultural information needs of tribal farmers in Attappady Tribal Block, Palakkad District, Kerala. Tribal farmers play an immeasurable role in agricultural production. This study investigated how tribal farmers access and use information in their Agricultural field to attai...

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Main Author: Jalaja .V and Kala. P A
Format: Printed Book
Published: IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science 2015
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/008412.pdf
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