Demographic characteristics, agricultural and technological profile of acha farmers in Nigeria

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Philip, Theresa K ^a   Itodo, Isaac N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acha farmers; Agriculture; Demographic characteristics; Digitaria spp; Nigeria; Technological profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864368390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16821130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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