Socio-economic determinants of keeping goats and sheep by rural people in southern Benin

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-592

  Dossa, Luc Hippolyte ^a   Rischkowsky, Barbara ^b   Birner, Regina ^c   Wollny, Clemens ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Goat; Ownership patterns; Rural development; Sheep; Smallholder; Socio economics

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 55349090328     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9138-9     Document Type: Article

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