Determinants of Vulnerability to Poverty among Rice Farmers: A Case Study of Nasarawa Rice Hub

Subject Areas : Rural and Agricultural Sociology

Babatunde Olanrewaju ¹ , Opeyemi Gbenga ² , Zubair Idris ³

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, P.M.B 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
2 - 2Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension,Faculty of Agriculture, Kogi State University Anyigba, P.M.B 1008, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria, Corresponding Authors Email: [e-mail]
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, P.M.B 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Received: 2019-02-12 Accepted : 2019-05-30 Published : 2019-03-01

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