The demand for livestock products in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing steadily. This demand is driven by human population, rural-urban demographic shifts and income growth. In sub-Saharan Africa, population is expected to increase from the present 500 million to nearly 1300 million in 2025. Urban...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Yapi-Gnoare, C.V.
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[Peri-urban livestock production and Development in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of the constraints and opportunities]
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Peri-urban livestock production and Development in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of the constraints and opportunities
197 goat flocks from the province of Ngozi in Burundi were monitored in 1990 and 1991. Most offtake corresponded to sales, with little home slaughtering practiced. Flock offtake rate for farmers with crossbred goats was lower than for non-participating farmers, while their flocks remained of simi...
Rey, B.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Offtake and milking strategies of goat farmers in Ngozi Province (Burundi)]
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Offtake and milking strategies of goat farmers in Ngozi Province (Burundi)
In most developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, prices received by farmers are not optimal in the sense that they do not optimize government revenues. In this paper a dynamic model for optimal pricing of primary commodities is developed. The model and results demonstrate that opti...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Optimal pricing of primary commodities in developing countries: A model from sub-Saharan Africa]
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Optimal pricing of primary commodities in developing countries: A model from sub-Saharan Africa
Reducing resource degradation, increasing agricultural productivity, and reducing poverty and food insecurity are major challenges in Ethiopia, where nearly 90% of people live in rtual areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Since 1991, the federal and regional governments have foc...
Benin, S.E.
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Pender, J.L.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Policies for sustainable Development in the highlands of Amhara region: Overview of research findings]
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Policies for sustainable Development in the highlands of Amhara region: Overview of research findings
This paper addresses the constraints and opportunities to dairy Development in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the role that international research can play to promote this process. It first discusses present and projected future demand and supply conditions, and on-going changes in international ...
Shapiro, Barry I.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Fitzhugh, H.A.
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[Peri-urban dairy Development in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of constraints and opportunities]
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Peri-urban dairy Development in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of constraints and opportunities
This paper discusses the potential impacts of the formation of milk groups on farm households that participate by selling milk, and develops a conceptual framework for assessing those impacts. It then explores the financial and technical performance of four milk groups formed prior to 1997, and t...
Nicholson, C.
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Gebru, G.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Producer milk groups in Ethiopia's highlands: A framework for assessing impacts and a review of group performance]
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Producer milk groups in Ethiopia's highlands: A framework for assessing impacts and a review of group performance
This paper presents some thoughts on research policies and strategies to support the Development of the livestock sector in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on sub-Saharan Africa. The first section discusses the role of agricultural research in livestock Development and reviews...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Fitzhugh, H.A.
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[Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries]
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Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries
Some evidence of encouraging changes in rural land and labour use systems that are indicative of evolving and perhaps sustainable agricultural production in Ethiopia is provided from a 1993 survey of 228 households in seven villages in the central Ethiopian highlands. Information is discussed tha...
Omiti, J.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Parton, K.
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Nokoe, S.
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[Some effects of institutional reform on mechanisms of land, labor and animal traction use in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Some effects of institutional reform on mechanisms of land, labor and animal traction use in the Ethiopian highlands
The papers presented at this workshop dealt with a wide array of topics related to land management in the highlands of Tigray. The papers reported results on the causes and implications of agricultural change and land management; the status and determinants of soil fertility; land use; land trans...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Pender, J.L.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Haile, M.
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[Policies for sustainable land management in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia]
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Policies for sustainable land management in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia
In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that constraints on credit limit the abilityof many smallholder farmers to make the investments in crossbred cows and/or purchase comple...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Credit markets and the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]
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Credit markets and the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia