This study uses heteroskedastic Tobit and Censored Least Absolute Deviations models to examine the impacts of dairy cow ownership on selected outcomes for a sample of 184 households in coastal Kenya. The outcomes examined include gross household cash income, gross non-agricultural income, consump...
Nicholson, C.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Muinga, R.W.
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[Household-level impacts of dairy cow ownership in coastal Kenya]
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Household-level impacts of dairy cow ownership in coastal Kenya
Voysest Voysest, Oswaldo
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[Market classes of dry edible beans consumed in Latin America]
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Market classes of dry edible beans consumed in Latin America
Past attempts to alleviate the problems of poor farmers engaged in mixed-crop-livestock production have generally focussed on the design and diffusion of new technologies targeted on specific components of the agroecosystem. Unfortunately, such piece-meal efforts have had little impact in the dev...
Li Pun, H.H.
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Baumgaertner, J.U.
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Greiling, J.
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Gopalan, H.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mares, V.
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McDermott, John J.
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Odiit, M.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa]
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Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa
This study develops and demonstrates procedures for modeling the impact of agricultural technology adoption decisions on consumption and nutrition in a subsistence-farming context. The method is based on expected direct utility maximization (EDUM) formulation and incorporates subsistence quantiti...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Preckel, P.
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Baker, T.G.
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López Pereira, M.
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[Modeling the impact of technological change on nutrition and marketed surplus]
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Modeling the impact of technological change on nutrition and marketed surplus
An alternative control option for heartwater (Cowdria ruminatium infection) is the establishment and maintenance of endemic stability which would lessen the existing dependence on acaricides. In an endemically stable state, animals become infected by vaccination or natural challenge at an early a...
Martínez, T.A.
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Meltzer, M.I.
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Perry, Brian D.
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Burridge, M.J.
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Mahan, S.M.
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[The effect of subclinical experimental Cowdria ruminantium infection in ewes on the growth and milk consumption of pre-weaning lambs]
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The effect of subclinical experimental Cowdria ruminantium infection in ewes on the growth and milk consumption of pre-weaning lambs
A study carried out to estimate disaggregated demand parameters for dairy products and to use the results to illustrate the policy implications of dairy self-sufficient policy objectives on families in different income strata. Discusses patterns of dairy consumption in the sub-region with special...
Debrah, S.K.
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Sissoko, K.
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Soumare, S.
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[Disaggregated demand and policy analysis: The case of dairy demand in Mali]
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Disaggregated demand and policy analysis: The case of dairy demand in Mali
The microbial consumption of nitrous oxide (N2O) hasgained great interest since it was revealed that thisprocess could mitigate the greenhouse effect of N2O.The consumption of N2O results from its reduction todinitrogen gas (N2) as part of the denitrificationprocess. However, there ...
Desloover, J.
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Roobroeck, D.
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Heylen, K.
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Puig, S.
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Boeckx, P.
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Verstraeten, W.W.
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Boon, N.
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[Pathway of nitrous oxide consumption in isolated Pseudomonas stutzeri strains under anoxic and oxic conditions]
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Pathway of nitrous oxide consumption in isolated Pseudomonas stutzeri strains under anoxic and oxic conditions
Quantitative information on Colombian consumption of different foods (among them beans) is presented by region, urban or rural sector, and income strata in terms of physical amounts, contribution to protein and calorie supply, and expenditure share. The study was based on a cross sectional survey...
Sanint, Luis Roberto
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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[Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey]
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Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey
Kariuki, L.W.
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Maundu, P.M.
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Morimoto, Y.
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[Some intervention strategies for promoting underutilised species: case of local vegetables in Kitui District, Kenya]
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Some intervention strategies for promoting underutilised species: case of local vegetables in Kitui District, Kenya
Unlike developed countries, where people often eat too many animal products, most of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa eats too little of this type of food for good nutrition. The projected increase in demand for livestock in sub-Saharan Africa will have an important influence on food security...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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[A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa]
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A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa