A survey of two rural markets in southwest Nigeria over 14 months showed that supplies, sales and prices of sheep and goats varied widely during the period with a sharp peak during the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir and a smaller peak during the Christmas-New Year period. Local West African Dwar...
Jabbar, M.A.
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[Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis]
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Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis
Accurate assessment of farmers' credit constraint condition is important in order to understand the circumstances under which credit would have its greatest impact. In this study a switching regression model was used to determine the impact of credit on smallholder dairy farms in the East African...
Freeman, H.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model]
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Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model
Rising developing country demand for livestock products propelled by income and population growth, and by urbanization offers poverty reduction opportunities to actors in the supply chain. The increase in volumes demanded also features diversification and increased demand for quality attributes. ...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Baker, Derek
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Fadiga, M.L.
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[Demand for livestock products in developing countries with a focus on quality and safety attributes: Evidence from Asia and Africa]
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Demand for livestock products in developing countries with a focus on quality and safety attributes: Evidence from Asia and Africa
Demand for animal products has been increasing rapidly in Bangladesh due to income and population growth and urbanisation. The expanding market has the potential to create income and employment opportunities for small-scale and poor livestock producers if they can produce and sell market-demanded...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Islam, S.M.F.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Akanada, M.A.I.
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Khan, M.I.
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Kamruzzaman, M.
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[Policy and scale factors influencing efficiency in dairy and poultry production in Bangladesh]
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Policy and scale factors influencing efficiency in dairy and poultry production in Bangladesh
Devendra, C.
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Thomas, D.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Improvement of livestock production in crop-animal systems in rainfed agro-ecological zones of South-East Asia]
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Improvement of livestock production in crop-animal systems in rainfed agro-ecological zones of South-East Asia
Negassa, A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Enhancing Ethiopia’s livestock producers’ access to live animals and meat export markets: a review of concepts and approaches of value chain analysis]
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Enhancing Ethiopia’s livestock producers’ access to live animals and meat export markets: a review of concepts and approaches of value chain analysis
Agricultural intensification involving greater crop–livestock interactions and integration is emerging as the most promising strategy for improving agricultural production and productivity in much of Sub-Sahara Africa. In West Africa, where this process is at various stages of evolution, 559 far...
Okike, I.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Factors affecting farm-specific economic efficiency in the West African savannahs.]
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Factors affecting farm-specific economic efficiency in the West African savannahs.
Agricultural intensification in West Africa is at an early stage and the process is taking place through various pathways. Population pressure and market access are generally considered as major factors driving intensification and crop-livestock interaction. In this paper both ecology and economi...
Okike, I.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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[Ecological and socio-economic factors affecting agricultural intensification in the West African savannas: evidence from Northern Nigeria.]
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Ecological and socio-economic factors affecting agricultural intensification in the West African savannas: evidence from Northern Nigeria.
This study focuses on the Ethio-Sudan cross-border cattle trade along the border between Sudan and the Amhara Region. It was initiated by the Integrated Livestock Development Project (ILDP) which operates in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Regional State. Legal and illegal livestock marketing...
Mulugeta, E.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Yehun, I.
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Ayehu, G.
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Ejigu, M.
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[Analysis of the Ethio-Sudan cross-border cattle trade: the case of Amhara Regional State]
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Analysis of the Ethio-Sudan cross-border cattle trade: the case of Amhara Regional State
Limitations of both the market and the state have caused a growing interest in the potentialities of local-level collective action for development. The burgeoning literature on collective action suffers from two main weaknesses. First, theoretical studies typically fail to describe inter-agent in...
Gaspart, F.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Melard, C.
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Platteau, J.P.
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[Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia]
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Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia