Livestock feed resources, production and management in the agro-pastoral system of the Hindu Kush - Karakoram - Himalayan region of Pakistan: The effect of accessibility

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 26-36

  Rahman, Abdur ^a   Duncan, Alan J ^a   Miller, David W ^b,c   Clemens, Juergen ^d   Frutos, Pilar ^e   Gordon, Iain J ^a,h   Rehman, Atiq ur ^f   Baig, Ataullah ^g   Ali, Farman ^g   Wright, Iain A ^a,i  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^g Aga Khan Rural Support Programme   (Pakistan)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fodder availability; Livestock system; Pakistan; Small holder; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROPPING PRACTICE; FODDER; LIVESTOCK; PASTORALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALLHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 37449007725     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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