Feed resources, livestock production and soil carbon dynamics in Teghane, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-404

  Abegaz, Assefa ^a,b   van Keulen, Herman ^a   Oosting, Simon J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Feed quality; JAVA program; Optimum feed utilization; Optimum herd size; Village scale

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARBON BALANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; MILK PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEGHANE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947694416     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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