Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria

Agriculture, which includes crop farming, livestock rearing and fishing, provides work for up to 70% of the labour force in Nigeria. The agricultural sector contributes up to 20% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Nigeria, with an average real growth rate of 3.5% from 2014 to 2015.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fatima Kyari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2016-01-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/article/challenges-of-agriculture-related-eye-injuries-in-nigeria/
id doaj-feaa4d09e7c24a6fad191fe07c86ca1f
record_format Article
spelling doaj-feaa4d09e7c24a6fad191fe07c86ca1f2020-11-25T01:10:13ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68331993-72882016-01-01289152Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in NigeriaFatima Kyari 0Ophthalmologist/Senior Lecturer: College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Nigeria.Agriculture, which includes crop farming, livestock rearing and fishing, provides work for up to 70% of the labour force in Nigeria. The agricultural sector contributes up to 20% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Nigeria, with an average real growth rate of 3.5% from 2014 to 2015.http://www.cehjournal.org/article/challenges-of-agriculture-related-eye-injuries-in-nigeria/Planning and managementCase studyEye injuriesNigeriaPrevention
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Fatima Kyari
spellingShingle Fatima Kyari
Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria
Community Eye Health Journal
Planning and management
Case study
Eye injuries
Nigeria
Prevention
author_facet Fatima Kyari
author_sort Fatima Kyari
title Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria
title_short Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria
title_full Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria
title_fullStr Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in Nigeria
title_sort challenges of agriculture-related eye injuries in nigeria
publisher International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series Community Eye Health Journal
issn 0953-6833
1993-7288
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Agriculture, which includes crop farming, livestock rearing and fishing, provides work for up to 70% of the labour force in Nigeria. The agricultural sector contributes up to 20% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Nigeria, with an average real growth rate of 3.5% from 2014 to 2015.
topic Planning and management
Case study
Eye injuries
Nigeria
Prevention
url http://www.cehjournal.org/article/challenges-of-agriculture-related-eye-injuries-in-nigeria/
work_keys_str_mv AT fatimakyari challengesofagriculturerelatedeyeinjuriesinnigeria
_version_ 1725176108586893312