This study aimed at better understanding of the characteristics of feeding and breeding practices smallholder farmers adopt in intensifying their dairy production. Use of hired labour for fodder gathering, growing of fodder crops and purchase of feeds increased with increasing intensification, bu...
Bebe, B.O.
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Udo, H.M.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Characteristics of feeding and breeding practices for intensification of smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands]
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Characteristics of feeding and breeding practices for intensification of smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands
A stratified random sample, cross-sectional survey of 1755 households in the Kenya highlands was conducted between June 1996 and April 1998 to evaluate the rationale underlying smallholders’ breeding decisions. Additional data were collected in a follow-up survey of 50 households sub-sampled from...
Bebe, B.O.
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Udo, H.M.J.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: breed preferences and breeding practices]
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Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: breed preferences and breeding practices
This paper describes, for smallholder dairying in the central highlands of Kenya, the sources of foundation stock, farmers’ breed preferences and breeding practices for the major dairy breeds. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional characterization study of smallholder dairy systems in the cen...
Bebe, B.O.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Udo, H.M.J.
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Mulinge, W.
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[Breed preferences and breeding practices in smallholder dairy systems of the central highlands of Kenya]
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Breed preferences and breeding practices in smallholder dairy systems of the central highlands of Kenya