The on going research programme is aimed at evaluating the performance of an introduced goat production package consisting of crossbred goats (Alpine x Small East African, fodder production, management and milk marketing in the Ngozi area. Over 3500 farmers adopted the technology in the 10-year p...
Rey, B.
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[Contribution of crossbred goats to milk production and social welfare in Burundi]
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Contribution of crossbred goats to milk production and social welfare in Burundi
The Ngozi goat project promoted a new livestock system by introducing a new genotype and improving housing, feeding, health and marketing. To assess and monitor its impact, a collaboration with the International Livestock Center for Africa was initiated in 1989. The aim of this collaboration is t...
Discusses the objectives of the ILCA's Animal Genetic Resources Characterisation Project: characterise indigenous breeds in terms of physical characteristics, productive parameters and adaptive characteristics, including a description of environmental conditions under which performance has been m...
Rege, J.E.O.
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[Background to ILCA's AGR characterisation project, project objectives and agenda for the research planning workshop]
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Background to ILCA's AGR characterisation project, project objectives and agenda for the research planning workshop
The paper describes the ongoing cooperative project between the Colombian Integrated Rural Development Programme, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, whose objective is to establish small scale cassava natural drying plants on the At...
Ospina Patiño, Bernardo
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Gómez G., Guillermo G.
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Best, R.
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[Secado natural de yuca para la alimentación animal : establecimiento de pequeñas agroindustrias en la costa Atlántica de Colombia]
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Secado natural de yuca para la alimentación animal : establecimiento de pequeñas agroindustrias en la costa Atlántica de Colombia
Lépiz Ildefonso, Rogelio
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[Futuro de los pequeños productores de frijol en México y su relación con la agricultura comercial]
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Futuro de los pequeños productores de frijol en México y su relación con la agricultura comercial
FAO, ILRI (SLP), CIP (GMP), and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development decided to organise an email discussion to provide a forum for those who could not be present at the Pokhara Symposium to contribute to the Development of a comprehensive livestock research and Development ag...
Dijkman, J.
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[Research and development challenges in livestock production systems: A report of the e-conference]
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Research and development challenges in livestock production systems: A report of the e-conference
The identification, introduction and development of cassava drying technology has led to a more stable and wider cassava market in several important cassava growing regions in Latin America. In turn, this has been an incentive for small-scale cassava farmers to increase both cassava area and prod...
Best, R.
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Henry, Guy
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[Role of small-scale cassava drying plants in improving equitable rural economic growth and development]
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Role of small-scale cassava drying plants in improving equitable rural economic growth and development
Financial and human resources for national and international cassava R and D have traditionally been a scarce good. In order to optimize the return on research investment, cassava R and D needs to be well focused, generating appropriate technology components to maximize adoption and subsequent im...
Henry, Guy
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Best, R.
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[Strategic cassava R and D planning activities to maximize future impact]
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Strategic cassava R and D planning activities to maximize future impact
Kirkby, Roger A.
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[Eastern Africa bean research network: strategic plan for increasing management and funding by the NARS]
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Eastern Africa bean research network: strategic plan for increasing management and funding by the NARS
Beyene, S.
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Cafer, A.
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Kumsa, A.
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Tesfaye, K.
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Wolde-Hawariat, Y.
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Yoder, R.
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Hames, R.
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Wortmann, Charles S.
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[Pathways to greater food production: lessons from Ethiopia.]
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Pathways to greater food production: lessons from Ethiopia.