New technologies must be developed in sub-Saharan Africa which are sustainable and economically viable. This paper discusses a methodology for measuring the agricultural sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems for new technology evaluation. The approach is based on the c...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Spencer, D.
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[Measuring the sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems: a model from subSaharan Africa]
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Measuring the sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems: a model from subSaharan Africa
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
In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase c...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Gebreselassie, N.
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[The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]
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The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
This workshop was convened to help ILCA develop priorities and plan for research over the five year period, 1994-1998. The purpose of the workshop was to identify issues and priorities for research and training in the general areas of livestock and resource management policy, appropriate methodol...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Lipner, M.E.
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[Livestock and resource management policy: Issues and priorities for research. Proceedings of the research planning workshop]
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Livestock and resource management policy: Issues and priorities for research. Proceedings of the research planning workshop
Since 1991, there have been significant changes in utilisation of feed resources in the Ethiopian highlands: while use of communal grazing lands and private pastures has declined, use of crop residues and purchased feed has increased. In addition, although use of animal health services, and adopt...
Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Pender, J.L.
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[Policies for livestock development in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Policies for livestock development in the Ethiopian highlands
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
Based on analysis of credit supply in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, it is shown that public credit institutions do not have sufficient funds to meet the demand for livestock credit and cannot mobilize savings from their clients or other commercial sources for one reason or another. In addi...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Supply and demand for livestock credit in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for designing new credit schemes]
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Supply and demand for livestock credit in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for designing new credit schemes
This study investigates the household-level impacts of market-oriented dairy technologies (crossbred cows and complementary feed and management technologies) on in-comes, food and non-food expenditures, nutrient intakes, and health of pre-school children. A recursive econometric model was employe...
Ahmed, M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Adoption of crossbred cow technologies and increased food security among smallholder dairy farmers in the East African highlands]
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Adoption of crossbred cow technologies and increased food security among smallholder dairy farmers in the East African highlands
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 Ethiopia and Kenya, a unit of credit given to a credit-constrained farmer has twice as much effect on agricultural productivity as a unit of credit given to a farmer with adequate access to financial resources, according to a recent ILRI study. The study also found that giving farmers agricult...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa