Economic opportunity survey of small scale dairy farms of the north west province of Cameroon

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 583-592

  Bayemi, P H ^a   Webb, E C ^b   Manjeli, Y ^c   Naoussi, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Dschang University   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cattle; Economic opportunity; Milk; Small scale dairy farm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCOME; MILK; REPRODUCTION;

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EID: 35448953354     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9063-8     Document Type: Article

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