Assessment of the Levels of Awareness and Use of Agricultural Insurance Scheme among the Rural Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Stephen Jimoh Ibitoye ¹

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria

Received: 2015-12-25 Accepted : 2015-12-25 Published : 2012-09-01

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