Effect of Fadama III Programme on Food Crop Production Among Rural Women Farmers in Akoko South-West Local Government Area

Subject Areas : Extension and Economic

Olutope Ojo ¹

1 - Agricultural Economics Department, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State

Received: 2022-09-24 Accepted : 2022-12-08 Published : 2022-12-01

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