Participation of Rural Youths in Mushroom Production in Umuahia Agricultural Zone, Abia State, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Farming Systems

Gloria Ashiegbu ¹ , Oluwatoyin Olagunju ² , Edwin Onyeabor ³

1 - Department of Rural Sociology and Extension, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria
2 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Management and Extension, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Received: 2021-03-27 Accepted : 2021-05-27 Published : 2022-03-01

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