Rural nonfarm activities and agricultural crop production in Nigeria

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-201

  Oseni, Gbemisola ^a   Winters, Paul ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural crop expenditures; Credit constraints; Nigeria; Rural nonfarm activities

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CREDIT PROVISION; CROP PRODUCTION; GEOPOLITICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR PARTICIPATION; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60849097603     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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