Adoption level on Organic Farming Practices by Fluted Pumpkin Vegetable Farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Sunday Obazi ¹ , Miracle Iheanyichukwu ² , David Okoronkwo ³ , Kingsley Obasi ⁴ , Samuel Esheya ⁵

1 - Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2 - Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
3 - Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
5 - Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, National Open University of Nigeria, Kaduna Campus, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Received: 2022-08-06 Accepted : 2022-10-25 Published : 2022-12-01

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