Conventional productivity evaluation criteria are inadequate to evaluate subsistence livestock production, because: (1) they fail to capture non-marketable benefits of the livestock; and (2) the core concept of a single limiting input is inappropriate to subsistence production, as multiple limiti...
Ayalew, W.
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King, J.M.
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Bruns, E.
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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[Economic evaluation of smallholder subsistence livestock production: Lessons from an Ethiopian goat development program]
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Economic evaluation of smallholder subsistence livestock production: Lessons from an Ethiopian goat development program
Overall performance of smallholder crossbred dairy herds was assessed by administering semi-structured questionnaires on 20 sample herds with crossbred and indigenous cattle in Degem. Reported average lactations yields of crossbreds were at least five times greater than that for indigenous cows; ...
Dekeba, A.
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Ayalew, W.
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Hegde, B.P.
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[Observations on the performance of crossbred dairy cattle in smallholder herds in Degem District, Ethiopia]
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Observations on the performance of crossbred dairy cattle in smallholder herds in Degem District, Ethiopia
This paper discusses the importance of smallholder dairy marketing cooperatives as a strategy to promote the dairy sub sector based on the lessons learned from the Anand pattern of dairy cooperative movement, which was later replicated throughout India. Apart from the history in India, this paper...
Mekete, B.
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Ayalew, W.
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[Promotion of dairy marketing using farmers' cooperatives: Lessons from India]
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Promotion of dairy marketing using farmers' cooperatives: Lessons from India