Urban and Peri-Urban Sheep and Goat Production and Meat Preferences

ISBN-13: 9783659576232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 152 str.

Dibaba Selamawit;Abebe Girma

Opis

Urban and peri-urban sheep and goat keeping is an important livelihood strategy for urban dwellers, it is usually conducted by retired people and unemployed as a sole or supplemental sources of household income. Most of the sheep and goat owners were lower income families; whose income depended on sale of animals and their products, petty traders, daily laborers, house rent and pension. This book provides means of examining the impact of urban and peri-urban sheep and goat production on food security of urban deweler.

O autorze

I have a bachelor degree in animal and range science( completed in July 2005) from Mekelle university and a master degree in Animal production ( completed in July 2010) from Hawassa University, Ethiopia. I have been working as a lecturer and researcher since March 2010 at Dilla University, College of Agriculture.