The Role of Livestock Mobility in the Livelihood Strategies of Rural Peoples in Semi-Arid West Africa

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Human Ecology

• Publication date

  2014-01-15

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Sociology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/S10745-013-9636-2
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