Village chicken flock dynamics and the contribution of chickens to household livelihoods in a smallholder farming area in Zimbabwe

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-344

  Muchadeyi, F C ^a   Sibanda, S ^a   Kusina, N T ^a   Kusina, J F ^a   Makuza, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Constraints; Flock dynamics; Livelihood; Management; Village chickens

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 22844445327     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-005-5082-5     Document Type: Article

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