Potential and constraints of little bag silage for smallholders-results and experiences from honduras

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-220

  Reiber, Christoph ^a   Schultze Kraft, Rainer ^a   Peters, Michael ^b   Hoffmann, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

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EID: 70350437225     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479709007522     Document Type: Article

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