Effectiveness of Microcredit Fund Scheme in Economic Empowerment of Rural Women in Tehran Province

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Samira Saadat Salehi Abri ¹ , Mehrdad Niknami ²

1 - Former Graduate of Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran

Received: 2017-09-24 Accepted : 2018-04-27 Published : 2018-06-01

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