Goats for the poor: Some keys to successful promotion of goat production among the poor

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 221-224

  De Vries, James ^a  

^a Heifer International   (United States)

Author keywords

Development program; Goat farming; Poor producer; Small scale goat production; Success factor

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 43849083092     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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