Trends in small ruminant meat production-consumption gaps in West Asia and North Africa: Implications for intra-regional trade

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Aw Hassan, Aden ^a   Shomo, Farouk ^a   Iniguez, Luis ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Dry areas; Environmental impacts; North Africa; Production consumption gaps; Small ruminants; West Asia

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE;

EID: 77953560005     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791170031     Document Type: Article

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