Push and Pull Factors Promoting Agroforestry Tree Crop Uncontrolled Extraction on Rural Households in Delta State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Theophilus Gbigbi ¹

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Delta State University, Asaba Campus P.M.B 95074 Asaba, Nigeria

Received: 2019-07-06 Accepted : 2019-08-22 Published : 2019-09-01

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