How resource poor households value and access poultry: Village poultry keeping in Tigray, Ethiopia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 175-183

  Aklilu, H A ^a,b   Udo, H M J ^b   Almekinders, C J M ^b   Van der Zijpp, A J ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Gender; Market access; Sharing; Village poultry

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING RESOURCE; MARKET CONDITIONS; POULTRY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

EID: 37349000408     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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