Analysis of Processing Methods, Marketing Channels and Profitability Determinants of Selected Cassava Products in Kogi State, Nigeria.

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Daniel Ekpa ¹ , Segun Adeola ² , Umar Mukhtar ³ , Mary Ekpa ⁴

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria
2 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria
4 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria

Received: 2016-05-20 Accepted : 2017-03-16 Published : 2017-03-20

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