Assessment of the Adoption Rate of Technologies among Fadama III Farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Umar Adamu Madu ¹

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Adamawa State University Mubi, Nigeria

Received: 2015-12-25 Accepted : 2015-12-25 Published : 2012-12-01

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