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Livestock and water in developing countries

Working Paper
Published on December 2019
byInternational Livestock Research Institute

Citation

Gettel, G., Muhadia, C. and Ericksen, P. 2019. Livestock and water in developing countries. ILRI Discussion Paper 38. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI

Authors

  • Gettel, Gretchen
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • crop-livestock
  • environment
  • livestock
  • livestock systems
  • livestock-water
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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107268

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