Strategies for scaling out impacts from agricultural systems change: The case of forages and livestock production in Laos

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-225

  Millar, Joanne ^a   Connell, John ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Center for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Laos)

Author keywords

Agricultural technologies; Forages; Laos; Livestock production; Scaling out

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952423252     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9194-9     Document Type: Article

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