Livestock feed resources: Current production and management practices in central and northern rift valley provinces of Kenya

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lukuyu, B ^a,b   Franzel, S ^a,b   Ongadi, P M ^a,b   Duncan, A J ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dairy; Forage fodder livestock; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955971117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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