Livestock development and poverty alleviation: Revolution or evolution for upland livelihoods in Lao PDR?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-102

  Millar, Joanne ^a   Photakoun, Viengxay ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Lao PDR

Author keywords

Forages; Lao PDR; Livestock development; Poverty alleviation; Rural development; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43449125320     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2007.0335     Document Type: Article

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