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
Crossbreeding of goats in traditional subsistence flocks had been promoted in selected villages of eastern Ethiopian highlands as a means to quick genetic progress based on the thesis that crossbreeding can increase the net contribution of goats. Observations on flock dynamics patterns of smallho...
Ayalew, W.
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King, J.M.
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Bruns, E.W.
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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[Practicalities of sustaining a goat-crossbreeding programme in eastern Ethiopia]
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Practicalities of sustaining a goat-crossbreeding programme in eastern Ethiopia
Low adoption rates of introduced technologies in spite of manifestly increased production suggestthat livestock developer and farmer value livestock differently. The purpose of this paper is torelate productivity more closely to the perspective of the farmer. The concept of productivity isreviewe...
Ayalew, W.
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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King, J.M.
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[The concept and calculation of net benefits from goats in Ethiopian smallholdings]
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The concept and calculation of net benefits from goats in Ethiopian smallholdings