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Typology and Characteristics of Indigenous Goats and Production Systems in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Tanzania

2021-09-17

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>A study was conducted in all agro-ecological zones in Tanzania to characterize the indigenous goat populations. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 688 randomly selected adult female goats. A total of 220 households were interviewed for description of production system. Income generation and meat production were the primary objectives of rearing goats across all the st...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-747508/v1

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