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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