Camel rearing replacing cattle production among the Borana community in Isiolo County of Northern Kenya, as climate variability bites

Pastoralism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kagunyu, Anastasia W ^a   Wanjohi, Joseph ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Borana; Camels; Livestock species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975322673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13570-014-0013-6     Document Type: Article

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