Technical inefficiency and its determinants in food crops production in Imor State, Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agriculture and Social Research (JASR)
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1595-7470
DOI: 10.4314/jasr.v6i2.47011