Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences

Year: 2009
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Page No. 36 - 41

Optimum Cropping Patterns under Limited Resource Conditions: A Micro-Level Study in Imo State, Nigeria

Authors : D.O. Ohajianya and N.N.O. Oguoma

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