Climatic variability and its impacts on agricultural income and households' welfare in Southern and Northern Nigeria

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-34

  Oyekale, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agricultural; Climatic variability; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953355255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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