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Biodiversity conservation in Zambia

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2006

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This presentation highlights Erin McDonald's research on poultry health and management in the Zambia. Outlining the results of a farmer questionnaire McDonald effectively outlines information on nutrition, housing, egg viability, predation, and multiple diseases to which poultry are highly susceptible in Zambia. Moreover, the presentation describes farmer training sessions and offers anecdotal evidence of improvement over the period of the study.

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Household enterprise, Small holder enterprise, Biodiversity conservation, Poultry, Comaco, Zambia, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale

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Presented at the seminar for the Expanding Horizons Program of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 7 December 2006