An empirical analysis of the poverty status and productivity of rural farmers in Obubra, Cross River State, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-273

  Umoh, Gabriel S ^a   Yusuf, Sulaimun A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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