Profitability, efficiency and comparative advantage of African cattle meat and milk production: The case of trypanotolerant village cattle production

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-44

  Itty, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; LIVESTOCK ECONOMY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; TRYPANOTOLERANT CATTLE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030111904     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5150(95)01170-6     Document Type: Article

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