There are large economics of scale in processing and retailing livestock-origin food products, but much less in production once market distortions favouring large producers are either removed or otherwise balanced for smaller farmers through market-oriented means. In order to understand these und...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh]
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Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Roy, S.D.
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Tanvin, K.
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Waithanji, Elizabeth M.
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[Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use]
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Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use
While the pleasant scent of aromatic rice is making it more popular, with demand for aromatic rice expected to rise in future, varieties of this have low yield potential. Genetic diversity and population structure of aromatic germplasm provide valuable information for yield improvement which has ...
This paper compares the conclusions drawn from ILCA's work on single-ox and cow traction in Africa with those drawn from surveys and farmers' experience in South East Asia especially Thailand and Bangladesh. The ILCA work shows cow traction to be apparently more profitable than single-ox ploughin...