Traditional livestock breeding practices of men and women Somali pastoralists: trait preferences and selection of breeding animals

Somalia, one of the world's poorest countries, has livestock as the mainstay of the economy, with an estimated 65% of the population engaged in the livestock sector. This paper presents a gendered study on the traditional livestock breeding practices of Somali pastoralists for camels, cattle, sheep...

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Main Authors: Marshall, Karen, Mtimet, Nadhem, Wanyoike, Francis N., Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Ghebremariam, H., Mugunieri, Lawrence Godiah, Costagli, Riccardo
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76199

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