Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi
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- Sam Desiere & Sanctus Niragira & Marijke D'Haese, 2015. "Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(3), pages 23-42, September.
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International Development; Livestock Production/Industries;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2015-11-07 (Africa)
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