Cattle are cash generating assets for mixed smallholder farms in the Eastern Amazon

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 738-749

  Siegmund Schultze, M ^a   Rischkowsky, B ^a   da Veiga, J B ^b   King, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cash generating asset; Cattle; Eastern Amazon; Modelling; Smallholder; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MODELING; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SMALLHOLDER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PIPER NIGRUM;

EID: 34249679190     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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