Impact of Microfinance on Smallholder Cassava and Rice Farms Productivity in Makurdi Metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Extension and Economic

Francis Ogebe ¹ , Ayuba Ali ² , Ishaaqa Olagunju ³

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University of Agriculture. P.M.B 2373 Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
2 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University of Agriculture. P.M.B 2373 Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University of Agriculture. P.M.B 2373 Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Received: 2020-04-07 Accepted : 2020-09-15 Published : 2020-09-30

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