Opportunities and challenges for smallholder pig production systems in a mountainous region of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1971-1980

  Riedel, Simon ^a   Schiborra, Anne ^a   Huelsebusch, Christian ^b   Huanming, Mao ^c   Schlecht, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft GmbH   (Germany)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding management; Feeding; Small scale pig production; South East Asia; Southern China

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868328876     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0166-5     Document Type: Article

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