Pro-poor animal improvement and breeding - What can science do?

Livestock Science

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-28

  Rege, J E O ^a   Marshall, K ^b   Notenbaert, A ^b   Ojango, J M K ^b   Okeyo, A M ^b  

^a Institute for People Innovation and Change in Organizations (PICO)   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Indigenous livestock breeds; Pro poor breeding; Smallholder systems; System changes and drivers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 79151482207     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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