The bioeconomic implications of various drought management strategies for a communal cattle herd in the semi‐arid savanna of KwaZuIu‐Natal

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Hatch, G P ^a,c   Stafford Smith, D M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Net present value; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003113401     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10220119.1997.9647914     Document Type: Article

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