Typology of camel farming system in Saudi Arabia

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-260

  Abdallah, H R ^a   Faye, Bernard ^a,b  

^a Camel and range Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Camel; Farming system; Saudi arabia; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874953060     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v25i4.15491     Document Type: Article

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