Inadequate feed supplies remain a major constraint to sustainable cattle production in general, and milk production in particular, in smallholder production systems throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In the emerging peri-urban dairy production systems in West and central Africa, for example, poor dev...
Olaloku, E.A.
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Debrah, S.K.
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[Research priorities for the development of appropriate feeding systems for dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Research priorities for the development of appropriate feeding systems for dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa
The marketing systems in sub-Saharan Africa have been alleged to be inefficient, yet relatively little research has been done on marketing efficiency. This study investigates the efficiency of fresh milk marketing in the Bamako area of Mali. A sample of 105 dairy market participants made up of pr...
Achuonjei, P.N.
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Debrah, S.K.
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[Efficiency of fresh milk marketing systems in the Bamako area: some preliminary results]
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Efficiency of fresh milk marketing systems in the Bamako area: some preliminary results
This paper reports on a study conducted on the marketing options and patterns of three categories of dairy producer: intra-urban producers, peri-urban producers and rural producers within an 85km radius of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The range of marketing outlets available to each category of produce...
Debrah, S.K.
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[Dairy marketing by intra-urban, peri-urban and rural dairy producers near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
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Dairy marketing by intra-urban, peri-urban and rural dairy producers near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Discusses the use of forage legumes in the contexts of seasonality of other feeds particularly natural pastures and crop residues, the seasonality in animal movements, the competitiveness for land and labour of forage legumes, and the complementarity of forage legumes with other feeds in smallhol...
McIntire, John M.
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Debrah, S.K.
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[Forage research in smallholder and pastoral production systems]
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Forage research in smallholder and pastoral production systems
This study describes the patterns and levels of consumption of locally produced, factory-manufactured and directly imported, and readily usable dairy products in the city of Bamako, Mali. It covers a sample of 240 urban households stratified by wealth category (rich, medium income and poor). Taki...
Sissoko, K.
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Debrah, S.K.
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Soumare, S.
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[Patterns of acquisition and consumption of milk and other dairy products in Bamako, Mali]
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Patterns of acquisition and consumption of milk and other dairy products in Bamako, Mali