Draught work efficiency of F1 crossbred dairy cows and the Ethiopian highland Zebu oxen under smallholder farming context
Draught animals are the main integrative links between crop and livestock production systems in the highlands of Ethiopia. The highlands comprise only 40% of the country's total land area but carry 79% of livestock heads and 80% of the human population results in higher pressure on the arable land a...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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Ethiopian Society of Animal Production
2000
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50406 |
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