Too many people and too few livestock in West Africa? An evaluation of Sandford's thesis

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1113-1133

  Moritz, Mark ^a   Kyle, Britney R ^a   Nolan, Kevin C ^a   Patrick, Steve ^a   Shaffer, Marnie F ^a   Thampy, Gayatri ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAZING PRESSURE; PASTORALISM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70449398054     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902811058     Document Type: Article

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