Traditionally, Indian farmers kept bovines, especially cattle, for draught purposes in agriculture and transportation with milk as an adjunct. However, with increasing farm mechanization and rising demand for milk, the bovine functions have shifted more towards dairying. While bovine population h...
Kishore, A.
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Birthal, P.S.
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Joshi, Pramod K.
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Shah, Tushaar
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Saini, A.
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[Patterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data]
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Patterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data
Despite extensive literature on the complex nature of empowerment, current efforts to measure women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector are largely limited to assessing visible forms of agency. We take a critical look at current efforts to measure women’s empowerment at the indiv...
O'Hara, C.
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Clement, Floriane
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[Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector]
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Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector
Los estudios sobre desigualdades de género en el análisis de la pobreza tienden a utilizar el sexo de quien ocupa la jefatura del hogar como el indicador principal de dichas desigualdades. Este artículo argumenta que el análisis basado en el sexo de quien tiene la jefatura del hogar da una visión...
Deere, Carmen Diana
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Alvarado, Gina E.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[¿Dueñas o jefas de hogar? analizando la desigualdad de género en la propiedad de activos en américa latina = ¿Female owners or household heads? Analyzing gender inequality in assets ownership in Latin America]
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¿Dueñas o jefas de hogar? analizando la desigualdad de género en la propiedad de activos en américa latina = ¿Female owners or household heads? Analyzing gender inequality in assets ownership in Latin America
Agricultural intensification involving greater crop-livestock interactions and integration is emerging as the most promising strategy for improving agricultural production and productivity in much of sub-Saharan Africa. In West Africa, where this process is at various stages of evolution, 559 far...
Okike, I.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in the Savanna zones of West Africa]
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Factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in the Savanna zones of West Africa
A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Ghinchi farming community, central Ethiopia during October and November 2001 to assess the level of association between children's nutritional status, families' socio-economic gradient, and degree of maternal attention and cognitive development. Ninety ...
Ketema, L.
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Abate, G.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Correlates of children's cognitive skills in an agrarian community with mixed crop-livestock production systems, Ghinchi, central Ethiopia]
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Correlates of children's cognitive skills in an agrarian community with mixed crop-livestock production systems, Ghinchi, central Ethiopia
The logic of voluntary contributions to an indivisible public good is studied, firstly in a simple game-theoretical framework, then in an empirical investigation of a case of watershed development in the Ethiopian Highlands. The former approach emphasises the difference between the problem under ...
Gaspart, F.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Melard, C.
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Platteau, J.P.
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[Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia]
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Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia
Presents results of a survey designed to determine the effects of distance to market, family wealth, and season on the quantity of dairy products sold per person and per lactating animal. Quantifies the contribution of dairy marketing to the household economy on an annual and seasonal basis and a...
Holden, S.J.
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Coppock, D.L.
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[Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia]
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Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia
The study examined livelihoods and wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to select 252 households from eight districts. Focus group discussions were used to collect complementary community-level data. Results indicate that average househol...
Chianu, J.N.
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Ajani, OIY
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Chianu, J.N.
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[Livelihoods and rural wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya : Implications for rural development, poverty alleviation interventions and peace]
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Livelihoods and rural wealth distribution among farm households in western Kenya : Implications for rural development, poverty alleviation interventions and peace
Shackleton, S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[The traditional broom trade in Bushbuckridge, South Africa: helping poor women cope with adversity]
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The traditional broom trade in Bushbuckridge, South Africa: helping poor women cope with adversity
This article reviews the policies for the tenure and management of non-state forests that have undergone fundamental changes in China since the early 1950s. Private ownership and household management that were dominant in 1950-55 gave way to collectivization in 1956. Collective management remaine...
Liu Dachang
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[Tenure and management of non-state forests in China since 1950: a historical review]
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Tenure and management of non-state forests in China since 1950: a historical review