Farmers' knowledge in the utilisation of indigenous browse species for feeding of goats in semi arid central Tanzania

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Komwihangilo, D M ^a   Sendalo, D S C ^b   Lekule, F P ^a   Mtenga, L A ^b   Temu, V K ^b  

^a Sokoine University of Agriculture   (India)

^b Livestock Prod Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Browses; Feeding; Goats; Indigenous knowledge; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; ACACIA TORTILIS; ALLOPHYLUS; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DICHROSTACHYS; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA;

EID: 3042690861     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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