Chapter 47 Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries: An Assessment

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2461-2532

  Nin, Alejandro ^a   Ehui, Simeon ^b   Benin, Samuel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

livestock; livestock demand; livestock productivity; Livestock Revolution; research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049164597     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(06)03047-7     Document Type: Review

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