Educational, Social, Economical Barriers of Organic Agriculture Implementation

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Masoud Samian ¹ , Karim Nadery Mahdei ² , Heshmatolah Saadi ³ , Elham Ansari ⁴ , Masoud Asadi ⁵ , Yaser Mardani ⁶

1 - M.Sc Student Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
4 - M.Sc Student.Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
5 - M.Sc Student Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
6 - M.Sc Student, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Yasuj University, Yasuj, Iran

Received: 2015-12-25 Accepted : 2015-12-25 Published : 2012-12-01

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