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5.4 Swine production systems in Central America: limiting factors, prospects and research requirements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

B. Quijandria
Affiliation:
Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre, Turrialba, Costa Rica.
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The relative importance of agriculture in the Central American region (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) is beyond question. With close to 65% of its economically active population devoted to agriculture, with 95% of its exports based on agricultural products and with 30% of the Gross National Product (GNP) originated by agriculture, this area is particularly dependent on this activity for its development (SIECA and GAFICA, 1975).

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Intensive Production of Non-Ruminants
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1981

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