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Livelihood strategies in endemic livestock production systems in sub-humid zone of West Africa: trends, trade-offs and implications

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  • L. Zaibet
  • S. Traore
  • A. Ayantunde
  • K. Marshall
  • N. Johnson
  • M. Siegmund-Schultze

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  • L. Zaibet & S. Traore & A. Ayantunde & K. Marshall & N. Johnson & M. Siegmund-Schultze, 2011. "Livelihood strategies in endemic livestock production systems in sub-humid zone of West Africa: trends, trade-offs and implications," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 87-105, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:13:y:2011:i:1:p:87-105
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9250-z
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    1. Komarek, Adam M. & Abdul Rahman, Nurudeen & Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep & Kizito, Fred & Koo, Jawoo & Addah, Weseh, 2021. "Trade-offs and synergies associated with maize leaf stripping within crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    2. Augustine Ayantunde & Rainer Asse & Mohammed Said & Abdou Fall, 2014. "Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 16(5), pages 1097-1117, October.

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