posted on 2024-09-06, 05:22authored byManfred van Eckert, Bright Mombeshora
In order to properly describe livestock functions in the Communal Lands of Zimbabwe, and to understand farmers' objectives with respect to livestock, a close look at the farming systems and the environment in which these systems have developed is necessary.
This publication has been made possible as a result of generous financial support from the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Ottawa.
Funding
A position paper on livestock production and management in rural Zimbabwe.
History
Publisher
Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)
Citation
van Eckert, M. and Mombeshora, B. (1989) Farmer objectives and livestock functions. In: Cousins, B. (ed.) People, land and livestock: proceedings of a workshop on the socio-economic dimensions of livestock production in the communal lands of Zimbabwe, held at Great Zimbabwe, Masvingo, 12th to 14th September, 1988, pp. 213- 252. Harare: CASS.
IDS Item Types
Conference paper; Book chapter
Copyright holder
Uiversity of Zimbabwe's Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS)