Assessing the factors influencing the utilization of improved cereal crop production technologies by small-scale farmers in Nigeria

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-183

  Odoemenem, I U ^a   Obinne, C P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adoption; Innovation; Nigeria; Small scale farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957684637     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2010/v3i2/29674     Document Type: Article

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