Reports on a study of livestock marketing conducted in eastern Kajiado, Kenya. Describes major market areas, the operation of the cattle market including the sources, characterstics and prices of the cattle trade, the efficiency of the market and the problemes encontered by the buyeres and selleres.
The pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia cover around 65% of the country’s surface area. Rangeland resources are managed under collective common property arrangements, which are increasingly coming under pressure from both internal and external forces of change including alternative, but ...
Awgachew, S.
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Flintan, Fiona E.
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Bekure, S.
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[Participatory rangeland management planning and its implementation in Ethiopia]
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Participatory rangeland management planning and its implementation in Ethiopia
Discusses the livestock marketing & transport systems in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular reference to the characteristics of auction & traditional markets; dif. forms of transport, viz. trekking, rail, truck & boat transport; market organization, esp. regarding concentration of market power, ...
Bekure, S.
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McDonald, I.
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[Movement and marketing systems for live animals in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Movement and marketing systems for live animals in sub-Saharan Africa
Examines the need and methods for studying livestock markets and routinely collect time series data on prices of livestock at local, regional and terminal markets, outlining a method for setting up a systematic collection and analysis of livestock market information. Presents a simplifed livestoc...
Discusses ways of studying economics of household level activities in pastoral production systems, with particular reference to the collection and analysis of data on household income and expenditure as well as resources inventory.
Reviews differences between crop production and pastoral production, considering their effects on research possibilities; and describes basic methods that may be used to collect household level data, esp. informal & formal surveys, enumeration and the use of questionnaires.