Small ruminant feed systems: Perceptions and practices in the transitional zone of Ghana

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Duku, Stephanie ^a,b   van der Zijpp, Akke J ^a   Howard, Patricia ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MARGARITARIA DISCOIDEA; ZEA MAYS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GHANA; GOAT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GHANA; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77954961520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-11     Document Type: Article

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