Gender responsibility in smallholder mixed crop-livestock production systems of Jimma zone, South West Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Yisehak, Kechero ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Division of labour; Gender division of work

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 42149086463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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