Livestock water productivity in the Blue Nile Basin: Assessment of farm scale heterogeneity

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Haileslassie, A ^a   Peden, D ^a   Gebreselassie, S ^a   Amede, T ^a,b   Wagnew, A ^a   Taddesse, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Animal feed; Ethiopia; Farming systems; Land use; Poverty; Water depletion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67650948287     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ09006     Document Type: Article

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