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Water buffalo and cattle ranching in the Lower Amazon Basin: Comparisons and conflicts

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  • Sheikh, Pervaze A.
  • Merry, Frank D.
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  • Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Merry, Frank D. & McGrath, David G., 2006. "Water buffalo and cattle ranching in the Lower Amazon Basin: Comparisons and conflicts," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 87(3), pages 313-330, March.
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    1. Devendra, C. & Thomas, D., 2002. "Crop-animal systems in Asia: importance of livestock and characterisation of agro-ecological zones," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 71(1-2), pages 5-15.
    2. Frank Merry & Pervaze Sheikh & David Mcgrath, 2004. "The role of informal contracts in the growth of small cattle herds on the floodplains of the Lower Amazon," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 21(4), pages 377-386, January.
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    2. David McGrath & Alcilene Cardoso & Oriana Almeida & Juarez Pezzuti, 2008. "Constructing a policy and institutional framework for an ecosystem-based approach to managing the Lower Amazon floodplain," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 10(5), pages 677-695, October.

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