Inadequate feed and nutrition are major constraints to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. National and international research agencies, including the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), have developed several feed production and utilisation technologies. However, adoption ...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia]
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Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia
Ahmed, M.M.
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Bezabih, E.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Tangka, F.K.L.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Economic and nutritional impacts of market-oriented dairy production in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economic and nutritional impacts of market-oriented dairy production in the Ethiopian highlands
The degree to which prevailing land tenure arrangements constrain agricultural productivity, and the sources of inefficiency associated with land tenure systems in sub-Saharan Africa are unresolved. Using a stochastic frontier production function, this paper examines the economic efficiency and t...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia]
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Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia
Solomon, A.
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Workalemahu, A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Hurissa, B.
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[Livestock marketing in Ethiopia: a review of structure, performance and development initiatives]
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Livestock marketing in Ethiopia: a review of structure, performance and development initiatives
This study develops and demonstrates procedures for modeling the impact of agricultural technology adoption decisions on consumption and nutrition in a subsistence-farming context. The method is based on expected direct utility maximization (EDUM) formulation and incorporates subsistence quantiti...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Preckel, P.
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Baker, T.G.
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López Pereira, M.
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[Modeling the impact of technological change on nutrition and marketed surplus]
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Modeling the impact of technological change on nutrition and marketed surplus
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Nin-Pratt, A.
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Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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[10 years of livestock policy analysis. Policies for improving productivity, competitiveness and sustainable livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers]
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10 years of livestock policy analysis. Policies for improving productivity, competitiveness and sustainable livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers
Using a household bioeconomic modelling approach, this paper analyses the impact of advancing in-kind credit in the form of fertilizer and seed on smallholder farmers with different levels of wealth in the Ethiopian highlands. Cropland allocation and household consumption patterns are examined in...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Preckel, P.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Credit policy and intensification in mixed crop-livestock systems: A modelling perspective]
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Credit policy and intensification in mixed crop-livestock systems: A modelling perspective
This paper assesses the development of the dairy sector in Ethiopia over the past fifty years. In particular, it presents an overview of the dairy sector in Ethiopia. It also identifies key phases in the development of the dairy sector in Ethiopia and examines the trends in production and consump...
In spite of substantial introduction of new sorghum and millet cultivars in semiarid Sub-Saharan Africa, there has been minimum aggregate impact on yields (FAO and ICRISAT, 1996: The World Sorghum Economies: Facts, Trends and Outlook. FAO, Rome, Italy and ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India) in contra...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Sanders, J.H.
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Nell, W.T.
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[New sorghum and millet cultivar introduction in sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and research agenda]
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New sorghum and millet cultivar introduction in sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and research agenda
Preckel, P.V.
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Modeling economic motivation for diversification on subsistence farms in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Modeling economic motivation for diversification on subsistence farms in the Ethiopian highlands