The neoclassical economic paradigm views market linkages as efficient mechanisms for trading. However, the validity of this position is questionable, as markets frequently do not possess the structural conditions necessary for perfect competition. In subsistence-farming systems, factors that prev...
Somda, Jacques
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Tollens, E.F.
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Kamuanga, M.
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[Transaction costs and the marketable surplus of milk in smallholder farming systems of The Gambia]
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Transaction costs and the marketable surplus of milk in smallholder farming systems of The Gambia
Domestic milk production has been for a long time hindered by many factors including lack of interest from decision makers, distorted economic policy and biotechnical constraints. For the last 20 years, many developing countries have been attempting to develop the domestic milk production secto...
Somda, Jacques
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Kamuanga, M.
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Tollens, E.F.
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[Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia]
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Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia
The subhumid and semi-arid zones of West Africa are one of the subregions reputed to hold Africa's greatest potential for expansion of animal agriculture. Within this region livestock are affected by tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis-a disease that severely constrains productivity, thus hampering...
Kamuanga, M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Tano, K.
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Mugalla, C.
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Pokou, K.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade]
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Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade