Beyond milk, meat, and eggs: Role of livestock in food and nutrition security

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Smith, Jimmy ^a   Sones, Keith ^a   Grace, Delia ^a   MacMillan, Susan ^a   Tarawali, Shirley ^a   Herrero, Mario ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Food security; Human nutrition; Livestock; Nutrition security; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924267472     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2013-0002     Document Type: Article

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