Farmer adoption of urea treatment of cereal straws for feeding of dairy animals: A success in Mithila milkshed, India

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Roy, Sabyasachi ^a   Rangnekar, D V ^a  

^a National Dairy Development Board India   (India)

Author keywords

Adoption of technology; Cereal straw; Dairy farmers; Urea treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33748547200     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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