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Brief 1998

Autor: Ehui, Simeon K. Li Pun, H.H. Mares, V. Shapiro, Barry I.

Natural resource degradation and environmental damage are important concerns today. Through the influence of overgrazing, overstocking and feeding of crop residues, livestock have undoubtedly contributed to these processes. All too often, however, allegations about the detrimental impact of lives...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/50079

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Ehui, Simeon K. ,  Li Pun, H.H. ,  Mares, V. ,  Shapiro, Barry I. ,  [The role of livestock in food security and environmental protection] ,  The role of livestock in food security and environmental protection
Brief 1998

Autor: Sanders, J.H. Shapiro, Barry I. Ramuswamy, S.

Pessimistic views are often advanced about the future of agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa, where rapid population and declining food production growth trends have been observed. This has especially been the case with regard to semi-arid Africa where rainfall is low and irregular, an...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/49945

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Sanders, J.H. ,  Shapiro, Barry I. ,  Ramuswamy, S. ,  [A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa] ,  A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa
Brief 1998

Autor: Mengesha, Y. Ehui, Simeon K. Jabbar, M.A. Shapiro, Barry I.

Livestock production is a major contributor to economic development, both driving economic growth and benefiting from it. As an engine of growth, it provides increased income, employment, food and foreign exchange earnings, as well as better nutrition. As income increases with economic developmen...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/49963

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Mengesha, Y. ,  Ehui, Simeon K. ,  Jabbar, M.A. ,  Shapiro, Barry I. ,  [LPA Brief no. 11. Livestock production, consumption and trade: Key indicators] ,  LPA Brief no. 11. Livestock production, consumption and trade: Key indicators
Brief 1998

Autor: Staal, Steven J. Shapiro, Barry I.

When severe market shortages of dairy products occurred in Kenya in early 1992, the government decontrolled dairy prices and revoked the monopoly of the Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) on sales of processed milk in urban areas. The general opinion among policy makers in Kenya then was that th...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/49710

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Staal, Steven J. ,  Shapiro, Barry I. ,  [The effects of price liberalisation on Kenyan peri-urban dairy] ,  The effects of price liberalisation on Kenyan peri-urban dairy
Brief 2016-11

Autor: Negassa, A. Shapiro, Barry I. Kidane, T. Abdena, A. Hanson, Jean
Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/78656

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Negassa, A. ,  Shapiro, Barry I. ,  Kidane, T. ,  Abdena, A. ,  Hanson, Jean ,  [Ex-ante assessment of demand for improved forage seed and planting materials among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: A contingent valuation analysis] ,  Ex-ante assessment of demand for improved forage seed and planting materials among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: A contingent valuation analysis
Brief 1998

Autor: Shapiro, Barry I. Sanders, J.H.

An important debate is currently under way among researchers and policy makers about the relative merits of using organic versus inorganic fertilisers to improve soil fertility in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Environmentalists argue that use of inorganic fertiliser contributes to natura...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/50076

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Shapiro, Barry I. ,  Sanders, J.H. ,  [Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 9 . Fertiliser use in semi-arid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy] ,  Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 9 . Fertiliser use in semi-arid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy

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