Intra-urban and peri-urban differences in cattle farming systems of Burkina Faso

Land Use Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 401-411

  Dossa, Luc Hippolyte ^a,b,c   Sangaré, Mamadou ^b   Buerkert, Andreas ^a   Schlecht, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Centre International de Recherche Développement sur l Elevage en Zone Subhumide CIRDES   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Animal fattening; Beef production; Dairy; Systems typology; Urbanization; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; JOTURUS PICHARDI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84936868463     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.031     Document Type: Article

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