Socio-economic characteristics of ruminant livestock farmers and their production constraints in some parts of South-western Nigeria

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Adesehinwa, A O K ^a   Okunola, J O ^b   Adewumi, M K ^c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Constraints; Livestock production; Ruminants; South western Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 5444262930     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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