The constraints and potentials of pig production among communal farmers in Etayi Constituency of Namibia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Petrus, N P ^a   Mpofu, I ^a   Schneider, M B ^a   Nepembe, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b Department of Animal Science ^*  (Namibia)

Author keywords

Livelihoods; Nutrition; Poverty reduction; Scavenging pigs; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79959954442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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