Feed scarcity and livestock mortality in enset farming systems in the Bale highlands of southern Ethiopia

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-280

  Desta, Zerihun H ^a   Oba, G ^b  

^a Ethiopian Evangelical Church   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bale highlands; Enset livestock system; Ethiopia; Feed scarcity; Livestock mortality; Mixed farming systems

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; ENSETE VENTRICOSUM;

EID: 11844274678     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000042664792     Document Type: Article

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