The diversity of smallholder chicken farming in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania reveals a range of underlying production constraints
ABSTRACT: The poultry industry in Tanzania has grown steadily over the past decade. We surveyed 121 chicken farming households along an intensification gradient from backyard to semi-intensive and intensive production systems based on rearing system and assumed purpose and poultry breed in the Iring...
Main Authors: | Wilson C. Wilson, Maja Slingerland, Simon Oosting, Frederick P. Baijukya, Anne-Jo Smits, Ken E. Giller |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-10-01
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Series: | Poultry Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122003534 |
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