Policies in support of pastoralism and biodiversity in the heterogeneous drylands of East Africa

Pastoralism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Notenbaert, An MO ^a   Davies, Jonathan ^b   De Leeuw, Jan ^a   Said, Mohammed ^a   Herrero, Mario ^a   Manzano, Pablo ^b   Waithaka, Michael ^c   Aboud, Abdilahi ^d   Omondi, Shadrack ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b International Union for Conservation of Nature   (Kenya)

^c Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa   (Uganda)

^d EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e RECONCILE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Drylands; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975261149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-2-14     Document Type: Article

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