Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production

Discusses relative importance & contributions, productivities and constraints to increasing productivity of small ruminants under traditional management systems in the northern drier areas of subsaharan Africa w. emphasis on livestock numbers; role in providing meat & milk esp. to smallholders & dur...

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Main Author: Wilson, R.T.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Westview Press, Inc. 1984
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50617
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description Discusses relative importance & contributions, productivities and constraints to increasing productivity of small ruminants under traditional management systems in the northern drier areas of subsaharan Africa w. emphasis on livestock numbers; role in providing meat & milk esp. to smallholders & during dry periods; resistance to & ability to recover from drought; liveweight production indices; preweaning mortality, diseases & nutrition.
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spelling CGSpace506172021-08-08T16:52:01Z Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production Wilson, R.T. semiarid zones sheep goats livestock production productivity production constraints livestock census mortality animal diseases animal nutrition Discusses relative importance & contributions, productivities and constraints to increasing productivity of small ruminants under traditional management systems in the northern drier areas of subsaharan Africa w. emphasis on livestock numbers; role in providing meat & milk esp. to smallholders & during dry periods; resistance to & ability to recover from drought; liveweight production indices; preweaning mortality, diseases & nutrition. 1984 2014-10-31T06:21:26Z 2014-10-31T06:21:26Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50617 en Limited Access Westview Press, Inc.
spellingShingle semiarid zones
sheep
goats
livestock production
productivity
production constraints
livestock census
mortality
animal diseases
animal nutrition
Wilson, R.T.
Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
title Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
title_full Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
title_fullStr Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
title_full_unstemmed Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
title_short Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
title_sort goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi arid northern africa their importance productivity and constraints on production
topic semiarid zones
sheep
goats
livestock production
productivity
production constraints
livestock census
mortality
animal diseases
animal nutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50617
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