A conceptual representation of animal waste management at the farm scale: The case of the Reunion Island

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 294-315

  Aubry, Christine ^a   Paillat, Jean Marie ^b   Guerrin, François ^c  

^a UMRSADAPT   (France)

^b UMR SAS   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Conceptual modelling; Decision rules; Livestock farming; Manure management

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK FARMING; MODELING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644530119     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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