Field studies to evaluate the benefits on milk production of providing smallholder farmers in Kenya access to credit to allow shifting of concentrate feeding to early lactation

Case Study
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byInternational Livestock Research Institute

Citation

Rowlands, J., Achia, T., Romney, D., Wambugu, M., Kaitho, R. and Njubi, D. 2011. Field studies to evaluate the benefits on milk production of providing smallholder farmers in Kenya access to credit to allow shifting of concentrate feeding to early lactation: Biometrics and Research Methods Teaching Resource Case Study 6. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Authors

  • Rowlands, G.J.
  • Achia, Thomas
  • Romney, Dannie L.
  • Wambugu, Margaret
  • Kaitho, Robert
  • Njubi, Daid

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