Children and Involvement in Animal Rearing: A Traditional Occupation for Sustainability of Nomadic Culture?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 173, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 185-191

  Torimiro, D O ^a   Dionco Adetayo, E ^a   Okorie, V O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Animal rearing; Children; Culture and sustainability; Nomads; Occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349159237     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430303094     Document Type: Article

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