Gender factor in crop farmers’ access to agricultural information in rural areas of Delta State, Nigeria

Library Review

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 388-393

  Adomi, Esharenana E ^a   Ogbomo, Monday O ^a   Inoni, O E ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Development; Information services; Nigeria; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031689     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530310493798     Document Type: Article

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