Crop-livestock competition in the West African derived savanna: Application of a multi-objective programming model

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-453

  Okoruwa, Victor ^a   Jabbar, M A ^b   Akinwumi, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MODELLING APPROACH; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; SAVANNA AGRICULTURE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0030498879     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(96)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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