Welfare impacts of an intensive dairy technology package on women and their families are investigated on 32 smallholder crop-livestock farms in the sub-humid zone of Kilifi District, Coast Province, Kenya. Farms were stratified according to male or female extension contact. A female enumerator in...
Mullins, G.
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Wahome, L.
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Tsangari, P.
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Maarse, L.
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[Impacts of intensive dairy production on smallholder farm women in coastal Kenya]
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Impacts of intensive dairy production on smallholder farm women in coastal Kenya
Three hundred mixed, smallholder farms in Kariti location, Kandara Division, Maragua District, Central Kenya, were surveyed. Dairy cattle management practices, including type of animal enclosure, roofing, floor type, drainage, use of bedding, feeding of concentrates; and manure management pract...
Lekasi, J.K.
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Tanner, J.C.
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Kimani, S.K.
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Harris, P.J.C.
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[Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment]
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Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment
The association between serum antibody titres to Theileria parva in calves and potential explanatory factors were examined in a longitudinal observational study that was conducted in 5 cohorts of female calves with a total of 225 calves on 188 smallholder dairy farms. The farms were distributed i...
Gitau, G.K.
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McDermott, John J.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Factors associated with Theileria parva infections in small-holder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya]
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Factors associated with Theileria parva infections in small-holder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya
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
For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far ...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
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
Reviews the rural smallholder milk production and utilisation in Ethiopia and discusses the future for dairy development. Looks into the smallholder milk processing techniques in the highlands of Ethiopia. It is found that milk produced by smallholders is used for family consumption and the produ...
O'Connor, C.B.
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[Rural smallholder milk production and utilization and the future for dairy development in Ethiopia]
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Rural smallholder milk production and utilization and the future for dairy development in Ethiopia
Posada Torres, Rafael
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[Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones]
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Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones
Dairy production is a key small farm strategy for generating income in the Nairobi milk shed. The high perishability of milk under Kenyan conditions appears to be associated with a high frequency of small individual transactions, the terms of which are subject to forced “fire” sales, delayed paym...
Ngigi, M.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Mbogoh, S.
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[The role of market outlet in determining terms for milk sales by smallholders in Kenya]
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The role of market outlet in determining terms for milk sales by smallholders in Kenya
This workshop was conducted to assess the development prospects of India's livestock in the context of changing global economic environment and its impact on the rural poor, and to suggest politically feasible and practical strategies and approaches for pro-poor growth in livestock production. A...
Birthal, P.S.
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Taneja, V.K.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Smallholder livestock production in India - Opportunities and challenges: Proceedings of an ICAR-ILRI international workshop, New Delhi, India, 31 January-1 February 2006]
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Smallholder livestock production in India - Opportunities and challenges: Proceedings of an ICAR-ILRI international workshop, New Delhi, India, 31 January-1 February 2006