Cattle and climate in Africa: How climate variability has influenced national cattle holdings from 1961–2008
The role of cattle in developing countries is as a source of high-quality food, as draft animals, and as a source of manure and fuel. Cattle represent important contribution to household incomes, and in drought prone areas they can act as an insurance against weather risk. So far, no studies have ad...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629083/ |