Livestock production economics on communal land in Botswana: Effects of tenure, scale and subsidies

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-345

  Barnes, Jonathan ^a   Cannon, James ^b   Macgregor, James ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^b Sustainable Fisheries Partnership   (Indonesia)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 51249109226     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350802212121     Document Type: Article

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