Dairy technology adoption in smallholder farms in "Dejen" district, Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Mekonnen, H ^a   Dehninet, G ^b   Kelay, B ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MoA ^*  (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Constraints; Dairy technology; Ethiopia; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BOS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951245642     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9408-6     Document Type: Article

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