Factors’ Affecting the Motives of Rural Households’ Saving Behavior in North Bench District, Bench Maji Zone of Southern Ethiopia

Subject Areas : Extension and Economic

A Gonosa ¹ , B Bargissa ² , K Tesfay ³

1 - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
2 - Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
3 - Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

Received: 2020-05-27 Accepted : 2020-06-10 Published : 2020-06-30

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