Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 262-273

  Gebremedhin, B ^a   Ahmed, M M ^b   Ehui, S K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 1642517488     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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