Maize as food and feed in intensive smallholder systems: Management options for improved integration in mixed farming systems of east and southern Africa

Field Crops Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-168

  Romney, D L ^a   Thorne, P ^b   Lukuyu, B ^c   Thornton, P K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Stirling Thorne Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Crop livestock integration; Dairy; Forage; Maize; Modelling; Smallholder intensive systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DAIRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MANAGEMENT;

RISK MINIMIZATION; SMALL-SCALE INTENSIVE (SSI) SYSTEMS;

CROPS;

FORAGE; MAIZE; MIXED FARMING; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0347416636     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00147-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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