Measuring the productivity of grazing and foraging livestock

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 271-291

  James, A D ^a   Carles, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

EID: 0030251319     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-521X(96)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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