Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-246

  Smith, J W ^a   Naazie, A ^a   Larbi, A ^a   Agyemang, K ^a   Tarawali, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0039974612     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003072709702600405     Document Type: Article

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