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Cattle numbers, biomass, productivity and land degradation in the commercial farming sector of Namibia, 1915‐95

Glenn‐Marie Lange Research Associate Professor, Institute for Economic Analysis, New York University
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Jonathan I Barnes Natural Resource Economist, World Wildlife Fund Life Programme, Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia
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Daniel J Motinga Junior Researcher, Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, Windhoek, Namibia
Pages 555-572 | Received 01 Nov 1997, Accepted 01 Jan 1998, Published online: 27 Feb 2008

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