Improving livelihoods in East Africa through livestock research and extension: Reflections on changes from the 1950s to the early twenty first century

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1051-1059

  Omore, A ^a   Kurwijila, L ^b   Grace, D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Gender; Institutions; Participatory research; Poverty alleviation; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350338776     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9272-9     Document Type: Review

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