Development and evaluation of an integrated simulation model for assessing smallholder crop–livestock production in Yucatán, Mexico

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  • David Parsons
  • Charles F. Nicholson
  • Robert W. Blake
  • Quirine M. Ketterings
  • Luis Ramírez-Aviles
  • Danny G. Fox
  • Luis O. Tedeschi
  • Jerome H. Cherney
چکیده

a School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Australia b Department of Agribusiness, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, United States c Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Michigan State University, United States d Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, United States e Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico f Animal Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2471, United States g Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, United States

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تاریخ انتشار 2010