Socio-economical contribution and labor allocation of village chicken production of Jamma district, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Mengesha, Mammo ^a   Tamir, Berhan ^b   Tadelle, Dessie ^c  

^a DEBRE ZEIT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Caretaking of chicken; Chicken judgment; Chicken products; Consumers; Ownership; Price

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 54949110124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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