Problems associated with replacing cows in smallholder dairy herds
Dairy cattle are an important component of farming systems in highland areas of East Africa where they are combined with food an cash crops. The farms are characterised by decreasing size and a small proportion of land used for forage production. Under such conditions only small herds can be maintai...
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| Formato: | Conference Paper |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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British Society of Animal Science
1998
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50972 |
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