An analysis of smallholder farmers' willingness to adopt dairy performance recording in Malawi

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Chagunda, M G G ^a   Msiska, A C M ^b   Wollny, C B A ^c   Tchale, H ^d   Banda, J W ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy recording; Malawi; Smallholder; Willingness

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33646699552     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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