Integrating crop-livestock research and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Option, imperative or impossible?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-175

  Lenné, Jill M ^a,b   Thomas, D ^a  

^a Department of Tropical Agriculture ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b North Oldmoss Croft   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop livestock research; Dual purpose crop; Multidisciplinary; Poverty reduction; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750600158     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000006778536765     Document Type: Article

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