Husbandry, breeding practices, and production constraints of camel in the pastoral communities of Afar and Somali, Ethiopia
The objectives of this paper were to identify and describe husbandry practices, herd structure, owners’ trait preferences, breeding practices, and production constraints of camel in the two major camel rearing pastoral communities, viz. Afar and Somali, to generate baseline information that would he...
Main Authors: | Yosef Tadesse, Mengistu Urge, Solomon Abegaz, Mohammed Yusuf Kurtu, Kefelegn Kebede, Tadelle Dessie |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Firenze
2014-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development |
Online Access: | http://www.iao.florence.it/ojs/index.php/JAEID/article/view/238 |
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