Profitability Assessment of Catfish Marketing In Ondo State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Extension and Economic

Oluwatoyin Olagunju ¹

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Adekunle Ajasin University, P.M.B. 001, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria

Received: 2019-03-31 Accepted : 2019-06-14 Published : 2019-09-01

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