An examination of income generation potential of aquaculture farms in alleviating household poverty: Estimation and policy implications from Nigeria

Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-45

  Ogundari, K ^a   Ojo, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Income poverty; Productivity; Resource use; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951630867     PISSN: 13032712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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