Adoption of sweet potato production technologies in Abia State, Nigeria
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Farming Techniques, Environmental Challenges, and Technical Efficiency of Sweet Potato Production in Abia State, Nigeria
Viable sweet potato production is hard to achieve with indiscriminate use of farm inputs, resulting to wastage and environmental damages, as consequences are common problems of arable crop farming in Abia State. Issues arising from farm input use and their corresponding implications for environment called for a study on suitable farming practices and farm-specific technical efficiency for optim...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agriculture and Social Research (JASR)
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1595-7470
DOI: 10.4314/jasr.v6i2.47026