Herders' perceptions, practice, and problems of night grazing in the sahel: Case studies from Niger

Human Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-129

  Ayantunde, Augustine A ^a,b   Williams, Timothy O ^b   Udo, Henk M J ^a   Fernández Rivera, Salvador ^b   Hiernaux, Pierre ^b   Van Keulen, Herman ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

Author keywords

Herd management; Herders; Niger; Night grazing; Perceptions; Sahel

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PERCEPTION;

NIGER;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034046173     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007031805986     Document Type: Article

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