The Estimation Model of Determinant of Mobile Phone Apps’ Usage by Smallholder Farmers in North West Nigeria
Subject Areas :
Information Technology in Agriculture
Abdullahi Khidir
1
,
Idowu Oladele
2
,
Daniel Ekpa
3
1 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Dutsin-Ma. Katsina State, Nigeria
2 - Sasakawa African Fund for Agricultural Extension Education, Nigeria/Ethiopia
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria
Received: 2022-04-28
Accepted : 2022-06-28
Published : 2022-06-28
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