Labour productivity among small- holder cassava farmers in South East agro ecological zone, Nigeria

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2882-2885

  Anyaegbunam, H N ^a   Okoye, B C ^a   Asumugha, G N ^a   Ogbonna, M C ^a   Madu, T U ^a   Nwakor, N ^a   Ejechi, M E ^a  

^a National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cobb douglas; Labour productivity and cassava

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 78650093696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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