Challenges and opportunities for smallholder livestock production in post-conflict South Kivu, eastern DR Congo

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1221-1232

  Maass, Brigitte L ^a   Musale, Dieudonné Katunga ^b   Chiuri, Wanjiku L ^c   Gassner, Anja ^d   Peters, Michael ^e  

^a CIAT   (Kenya)

^b Tropical Forages Program   (Congo)

^c CIAT   (Rwanda)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cavy; Food security; Guinea pig; Livelihood; Monogastric; Poultry; Small livestock; South Kivu; Swine; Tropical forages; Tropical highlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVESTOCK; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; LIVESTOCK; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84862904055     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-0061-5     Document Type: Article

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