Benefits of Financial Credit among Smallholder Farmers in Plateau State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Kareem Waheed ¹ , Adefalu Lawal ² , Daudu Kamal ³ , Dolapo Abiola ⁴ , Alabi Ahuoiza ⁵

1 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
2 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
3 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
4 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
5 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Received: 2022-01-04 Accepted : 2022-03-11 Published : 2022-03-30

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