Resource Utilization and Livelihood Assets Ownership by Nomadic Pastoralists in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Computer Applications
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0975-8887
DOI: 10.5120/ijca2017913002