Forage-livestock policies designed to improve livelihoods in Western China: A critical review

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-381

  Brown, Colin ^a   Waldron, Scott ^a   Yuman, Liu ^b   Longworth, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Forage crops; Livestock; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955117888     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561370910989220     Document Type: Article

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