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An Assessment of Off-Season Vegetable Farming on Farmers in Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region

Yakubu Jacob Fuseini 1,*
1
Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale, Ghana
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024)
Page(s): 1-11
DOI: 10.31586/ojar.2024.933
Received
November 23, 2023
Revised
February 17, 2024
Accepted
May 03, 2024
Published
June 01, 2024
Keywords
Assessment; Off-Season; Vegetable; Farmers; Savelugu
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Fuseini, Y. J. (2024). An Assessment of Off-Season Vegetable Farming on Farmers in Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region. Current Research in Public Health, 4(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojar.2024.933
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Fuseini, Y. J. An Assessment of Off-Season Vegetable Farming on Farmers in Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region. Current Research in Public Health 2024 4(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojar.2024.933
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Fuseini, Yakubu Jacob. 2024. "An Assessment of Off-Season Vegetable Farming on Farmers in Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region". Current Research in Public Health 4, no. 1: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojar.2024.933
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Fuseini YJ. An Assessment of Off-Season Vegetable Farming on Farmers in Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region. Current Research in Public Health. 2024; 4(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojar.2024.933 
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