The Social Sciences

Year: 2010
Volume: 5
Issue: 4
Page No. 326 - 331

Determinants of Credit Constraint Conditions and Production Efficiency Among Farming Households in Southwestern Nigeria

Authors : B.T. Omonona, J.O. Lawal and A.O. Oyinlana

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