Improving dairy production in India's rainfed agroecosystem: Constraints and strategies

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Misra, A K ^a   Rama Rao, C A ^a   Subrahmanyam, K V ^a   Ramakrishna, Y S ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Dairy production; India; Livelihood; Rainfed areas; Smallholder farmer; System approach

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76149088402     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000009789396766     Document Type: Article

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