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Subject Areas : Environmental policy and management

Toyin  Ajibade ¹ (Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
Jubril  Animashaun ² (Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin)

Received: 2019-07-23 Accepted : 2020-10-11 Published : 2021-09-01

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