Harnessing benefits from improved livestock water productivity in croplivestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa: Synthesis

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-178

  Amede, Tilahun ^a,b   Descheemaeker, Katrien ^a,b   Peden, Don ^b   Van Rooyen, Andre ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Institutions; Interventions; Policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650957715     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ09023     Document Type: Article

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