Presents results of a survey conducted in nine key Ethiopian central highland markets for a period of one year from January to December 1989, to determine the effects of certain animal and market characteristics on price and the pattern of sheep prices in relation to seasons. Each market was surv...
Kebede, A.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Intra-annual sheep price patterns and factors underlying price variations in the central highlands of Ethiopia]
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Intra-annual sheep price patterns and factors underlying price variations in the central highlands of Ethiopia
Discusses the progress of a research project underway at Debre Berhan ILCA station carried out to study the effect of dietary supplementation and endo-parasitic control on the reproductive and productive performance of Menz-type sheep.
Ezaz, Z.
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Kasali, O.B.
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Little, D.A.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Brokken, R.F.
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Akalework, N.
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[Effect of dietary supplementation and endoparasitic control on the reproductive and productive performance of Menz-type sheep]
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Effect of dietary supplementation and endoparasitic control on the reproductive and productive performance of Menz-type sheep
Identifies the various forms of economic loss due to ovine fascioliasis in tropical Africa; suggests a method for estimating the losses and an analytical framework for evaluating alternative management interventions; recommends that the design of biological experiments should be more comprehensiv...
Ngategize, P.K.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Assessment of the economic losses caused by ovine fascioliasis and alternative interventions in tropical Africa]
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Assessment of the economic losses caused by ovine fascioliasis and alternative interventions in tropical Africa
Presents an economic evaluation of nutritional and anthelmintic control measures to endoparasitism using experimental data. Reviews the biological and economic effects of endoparasitism and analyzes the economic returns to different endoparasitic treatments. Identifies current endoparasitic contr...
Ngategize, P.K.
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Ezaz, Z.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Economics of endoparasitic control in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economics of endoparasitic control in the Ethiopian highlands
Using a linear programming model based on data from smallholdings in the Ethiopian highlands, this paper evaluates the farm level economic efficiency of cow traction and the traditional oxen-pair. Cow traction farm technology has the potential for increasing the net income of farmers at the exist...
Panin, A.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Economic analysis of cow traction farm technology in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economic analysis of cow traction farm technology in the Ethiopian highlands