An economic comparison of typical dairy farming systems in South Africa, Morocco, Uganda and Cameroon

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 979-994

  Ndambi, Oghaiki Asaah ^a   Hemme, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Competitiveness; Costs; Farming systems; Milk; Returns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MOROCCO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; DAIRYING; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MOROCCO; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 70349671465     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9288-1     Document Type: Article

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