Traditional breeding objectives and practices of goat, sheep and cattle smallholders in The Gambia and implications in relation to the design of breeding interventions
This paper describes the traditional breeding objectives and practices of West African Dwarf goat, Djallonke sheep, and N'dama cattle keepers in The Gambia and discusses the implications of these on the design of breeding-related interventions to improve livestock productivity. Data were collected v...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/27716 |
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