Role of local knowledge in mixed livestock production systems Methodology and implications for research and development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-192

  Komwihangilo, Daniel M ^a   Lekule, Faustin P ^b   Kajembe, George C ^b   Petersen, Poul H ^c  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forage; Livestock systems; Local knowledge; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648939142     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000007781891513     Document Type: Article

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