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Tangible gifts: when the (14) cows come home

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Published on August 2002
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MacMillan, S. 2002. Tangible gifts: when the (14) cows come home. ILRI Feature Story. Nairobi (Kenya): ILRI.

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  • MacMillan, Susan
  • pastoralism
  • livelihoods
  • livestock
  • rangelands
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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2268

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