Micro-livestock in smallholder farming systems: the role, challenges and opportunities for cavies in South Kivu, eastern DR Congo

Livestock play multiple roles for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Mixed crop-livestock systems are common in South Kivu, eastern DR Congo, but herd sizes are small and numbers of large livestock (i.e. cattle) have declined, due to high population density, recent conflicts and extreme pove...

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Main Authors: Klapwijk, C.J., Schut, Marc, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Giller, Kenneth E., Descheemaeker, Katrien K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106318

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