Growing local and informal markets in Asia and Africa provide both challenges and opportunities for small holders. In developing countries, market failures often lead to suboptimal performance of the value chains and limited and inequitable participation of the poor. In recent years, innovation p...
Swaans, K.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Taye, H.
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Girma, A.
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[A monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the performance of innovation platforms in the context of livestock value chains]
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A monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the performance of innovation platforms in the context of livestock value chains
Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Hall, A.
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Sulaiman, R.
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[Applying innovation system principles to fodder scarcity: Experiences from the Fodder Innovation Project]
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Applying innovation system principles to fodder scarcity: Experiences from the Fodder Innovation Project
Rural women in Ethiopia represent a tremendous productive resource in the agricultural sector. They are major contributors to the agricultural workforce, either as family members or in their own right as women heading households. However, despite recent policy initiatives to strengthen the positi...
Aregu, Lemlem
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Bishop-Sambrook, C.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Tesema, E.
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[Opportunities for promoting gender equality in rural Ethiopia through the commercialization of agriculture]
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Opportunities for promoting gender equality in rural Ethiopia through the commercialization of agriculture
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Dickson, N.
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Clark, W.
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Prasad, V.L.
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Romney, D.L.
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Bezkorowajnyj, P.G.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Kaelo, D.
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Makui, O.
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Nkedianye, D.
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Nyangaga, J.
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Okwi, P.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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MacMillan, Susan
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Grace, Delia
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Affognon, Hippolyte D.
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[Linking international agricultural research knowledge with action for sustainable poverty alleviation: what works?]
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Linking international agricultural research knowledge with action for sustainable poverty alleviation: what works?
Though beekeeping is a common farming enterprise and income generating activity in Atsbi Wemberta Woreda, and promotional efforts have been made to improve it, no systematic study has been undertaken to evaluate the promotional efforts and people's response to it. The objectives of this study wer...
Abebe, W.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Karippai, R.S.
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[Adopting improved box hive in Atsbi Wemberta District of eastern zone, Tigray region: determinants and financial benefits]
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Adopting improved box hive in Atsbi Wemberta District of eastern zone, Tigray region: determinants and financial benefits
This paper presents and discusses the results of the analysis of Ethiopian dairy and forage innovation systems. Two factors triggered the need for understanding the innovation systems: Ethiopian dairy subsector has not been able to take-off despite decades of research and development efforts; and...
Lemma, T.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective]
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Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective