Water and livestock for human development

Water for Food Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 485-514

  Peden, Don ^a   Tadesse, Girma ^a   Misra, A K ^b   Ahmed, Faisal Awad ^c   Astatke, Abiye ^c   Ayalneh, Wagnew ^c   Herrero, Mario ^c   Kiwuwa, Gabriel ^c   Kumsa, Tesfaye ^c   Mati, Bancy ^d   Mpairwe, Denis ^c   Wassenaar, Tom ^c   Yimegnuhal, Asfaw ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^c Southern Africa program of the Soil Water Management Network ^*

^d JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849773799     Document Type: Chapter

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