Cactus pear as dryland fodder: Ambovombe farm, Madagascar and Wellwood farm, South Africa compared, c.1920-1950

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-280

  Middleton, Karen ^a   Beinart, William ^b  

^a St Antony's College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Livestock forage productivity; Madagascar; Opuntia; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DRYLAND FARMING; FODDER; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OVIS ARIES; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SPINY;

EID: 15944428582     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2005.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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