Gender Analysis of the Effect of Income on Farming Households Utilization of Modern Health Care Services in Kwara State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Extension and Economic

Luke Oloruntoba ¹ , Emmanuel Henshaw ² , Oluwaremilekun Adebisi ³ , Faith Omoregie ⁴ , Asuquo Jonathan ⁵

1 - Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute
2 - Agricultural Project Management Division, Agricultural Development Management Department, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin, Nigeria.
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria
4 - Reseach Division, Training Technology Department, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin, Nigeria.
5 - Department of Agricultural Education, FCT College of Education, Zuba-Abuja

Received: 2021-04-22 Accepted : 2021-06-15 Published : 2021-06-20

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