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Effects of Fadama III Project on the Income of Dry Season Rice Farmers in Sokoto State, Nigeria Fadama III项目对尼日利亚索科托州旱季稻农收入的影响

Equity Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.4314/equijost.v8i1.9

Salihu D. Dogon-Daji, I. S. Mohammad

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria 尼日利亚西南部一所大学无症状学生尿液中大肠埃希菌的药敏分析

Equity Journal of Science and Technology Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8

Mark O. Akpotu, Babatunde O. Akisanya, Aanuoluwapo D. Bayo-Johnson

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