Participatory approaches to investigate breeding objectives of livestock keepers

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Duguma, G ^a,c,d   Mirkena, T ^b,c,d   Haile, A ^d   Iniguez L ^e   Okeyo, A M ^f   Tibbo, M ^e   Rischkowsky, B ^e   Solkner J ^c   Wurzinger, M ^c,f  

^a Oromia Agriculture Research Institue   (Ethiopia)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

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

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Phenotypic ranking; PRA; Production systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953941717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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