Some evidence of encouraging changes in rural land and labour use systems that are indicative of evolving and perhaps sustainable agricultural production in Ethiopia is provided from a 1993 survey of 228 households in seven villages in the central Ethiopian highlands. Information is discussed tha...
Omiti, J.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Parton, K.
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Nokoe, S.
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[Some effects of institutional reform on mechanisms of land, labor and animal traction use in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Some effects of institutional reform on mechanisms of land, labor and animal traction use in the Ethiopian highlands
Reviews the overall objective of ILCA, research areas concentrated and food production in Africa; presents the details of the field programmes grouped in four ecological zones; discusses briefly some aspects of the systems approach, appropriate technology and trypanotolerance.
Nestel, Barry L.
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[The International Livestock Centre for Africa - Current research and applications]
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The International Livestock Centre for Africa - Current research and applications
Four accessions of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn. (calliandra) and 11 accessions of different Leucaena spp. (leucaena) were evaluated for suitability to improve livestock nutrition in highland small-holder farming systems. Dry matter (DM) yield, response to phosphorus (P) application, and feed qu...
Berhe, Kahsay
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[The potential of Calliandra calothyrsus as a fodder tree on acidic Nitosols of the southern, western, and southwestern highlands of Ethiopia]
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The potential of Calliandra calothyrsus as a fodder tree on acidic Nitosols of the southern, western, and southwestern highlands of Ethiopia
Reports on research activities carried out by ILCA's highland programme to devise an appropriate animal feed production strategy for small scale farmeres in the Ethiopian highlands. Gives a critical analysis of the available sources of animal feed, such as, roughages from native pasture, browse a...
Jutzi, S.C.
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Haque, I.
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Tedla, A.
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[The production of animal feed in the Ethiopian highlands: Potentials and limitations]
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The production of animal feed in the Ethiopian highlands: Potentials and limitations
To test the feasibility of the use of dairy cows for draft the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) in Ethiopia have studied a herd of F1 Friesien x Boran crossbred cows on-station over three years together with on-farm experiments an...
Zerbini, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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[The potential of cow traction in the East African highlands]
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The potential of cow traction in the East African highlands
A survey of 131 livestock traders in 38 markets in the highlands of Ethiopia provided information on trader behaviour and transactions costs. The livestock market is characterized by non-standardized products and lack of information in the public domain about supply, demand and prices. Consequent...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Benin, S.E.
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[Trade behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets]
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Trade behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets
In the northern highlands of Ethiopia, gully erosion is severe. Despite many efforts to implement gully prevention measures, controlling gully erosion remains a challenge. The objective is to better understand the regional gully erosion processes and to prevent gully head retreat. The study was c...
Addisie, Meseret B.
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Ayele, Getaneh K.
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Gessess, A.A.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Zegeye, Assefa D.
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Moges, M.M.
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Schmitter, Petra
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Langendoen, E.J.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Gully head retreat in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands: the Ene-Chilala Catchment]
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Gully head retreat in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands: the Ene-Chilala Catchment
Recent research on payments for environmental services (PES) has observed that high transaction costs (TCs) are incurred through the implementation of PES schemes and farmer participation. TCs incurred by households are considered to be an obstacle to the participation in and efficiency of PES po...
Manasboonphempool, A.
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Milan, Florence M.
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Zeller, M.
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[Transaction costs of farmers’ participation in forest management: policy implications of payments for environmental services schemes in Vietnam]
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Transaction costs of farmers’ participation in forest management: policy implications of payments for environmental services schemes in Vietnam
A study on smallholder dairy development in the East African highlands. Looks into the production systems and development constraints and priorities. Discusses genetic factors, nutrition, disease, management, labour, marketing and pricing policies. Summarises research and development experiences.
International Livestock Centre for Africa
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[Developpement de la production laitiere. Compte-rendu d'un atelier]
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Developpement de la production laitiere. Compte-rendu d'un atelier
The first part of this paper looks into what agroforestry is; the need for agroforestry and its benefits. Then the paper outlines and discusses the basic systems in agroforestry including simulataneous agroforestry systems; linear agroforestry systems; alley cropping (hedgerow intercropping); seq...