The reasons why farmers are unable to harness the benefits embedded in technologies and take advantage of business opportunities in livestock sector in developing countries remain unresolved. Drawing on insights from innovation systems approaches, this paper assesses innovation constraints, ident...
Ergano, Kebebe
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Oosting, Simon J.
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[Unlocking the potential of livestock technologies in Ethiopia: Shifting from individual pieces to optimizing the sum of the parts]
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Unlocking the potential of livestock technologies in Ethiopia: Shifting from individual pieces to optimizing the sum of the parts
Inefficient management and use of water is unanimously the most single constraint of agricultural production of Ethiopia. The study was conducted to assess the effect of livestock feed sourcing and feeding strategies on livestock water productivity (LWP) in mixed crop–livestock production systems...
Eba, B.
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Animut, G.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Peden, Donald G.
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[Effects of livestock feed sourcing and feeding strategies on livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock systems of the Blue Nile basin highlands of Ethiopia]
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Effects of livestock feed sourcing and feeding strategies on livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock systems of the Blue Nile basin highlands of Ethiopia
This paper is the first in a series of three interrelated papers and focuses on planning and implementation modalities of Rainwater Management (RWM) Strategies. It is part of the NBDC project ‘On integrated RWM strategies—technologies, institutions and policies’. The project is underpinned by the...
Ludi, Eva
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Belay, A.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Snyder, Katherine A.
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Tucker, Josephine
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Cullen, Beth
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Belissa, M.
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Oljira, T.
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Teferi, A.
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Nigussie, Z.
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Deresse, A.
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Debela, M.
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Chanie, Y.
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Lule, D.
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Samuel, D.
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Lema, Zelalem
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Berhanu, A.
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Merrey, Douglas J.
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[Rhetoric vs. realities—An assessment of rainwater management planning and implementation modalities in Oromia and Amhara regions, Ethiopia]
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Rhetoric vs. realities—An assessment of rainwater management planning and implementation modalities in Oromia and Amhara regions, Ethiopia