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Gender Involvement in Arable Crop Cultivation and its Contributions to Household Food Security in Ogun State, Nigeria

E.O. Fakoya, S.O. Apantaku and F.O. Adereti

1-4

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Factors Enhancing Effective Financial Management of Rural Women in Osun State

D.L. Alabi, G.E. Ogbimi and K.O. Soyebo

5-10

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Nigerian Poor Majority: Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century

O.D. Kolawole and D.O. Torimiro

11-20

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Women’sVoices on African Rural Child in the Development Process: BetweenTradition and Modernism

Torimiro, D.O. and O.D. Kolawole

21-31

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Implications of Rural Environmental Variables Associated with the Participation of Children in Farming Activities: Lessons from Rural Southwestern Nigeria

A.O. Ajayi and A.A. Jibowo

32-39

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Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities in Nigeria

Kadiri Kabir O.

40-50

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Minimizing Financial Management Problems among Rural Women for Sustainable Economic
Empowerment: Case of Osun State, Nigeria

G.E. Ogbimi, K.O. Soyebo and D.L. Alabi

51-55

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The Status of Women in Bangladesh: Is the Situation Really Encouraging?

Naznin Islam and Nahid Sultana

56-65

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