Knowledge of Women with Agricultural Household Jobs toward Innovation Management in Masjed Soliman Township, Khouzestan Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Shahrzad Faraji ¹ , Azadeh Noorollah Noorivandi ²

1 - MSc Student Agricultural Management Department, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor Agricultural Management Department, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran

Received: 2015-01-11 Accepted : 2015-04-28 Published : 2015-04-30

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