Accurate assessment of farmers' credit constraint condition is important in order to understand the circumstances under which credit would have its greatest impact. In this study a switching regression model was used to determine the impact of credit on smallholder dairy farms in the East African...
Freeman, H.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model]
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Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model
Agricultural intensification involving greater crop–livestock interactions and integration is emerging as the most promising strategy for improving agricultural production and productivity in much of Sub-Sahara Africa. In West Africa, where this process is at various stages of evolution, 559 far...
Okike, I.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Factors affecting farm-specific economic efficiency in the West African savannahs.]
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Factors affecting farm-specific economic efficiency in the West African savannahs.
New technologies must be developed in sub-Saharan Africa which are sustainable and economically viable. This paper discusses a methodology for measuring the agricultural sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems for new technology evaluation. The approach is based on the c...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Spencer, D.
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[Measuring the sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems: a model from subSaharan Africa]
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Measuring the sustainability and economic viability of tropical farming systems: a model from subSaharan Africa
Inadequate feed and nutrition are major constraints to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. National and international research agencies, including the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), have developed several feed production and utilisation technologies. However, adoption ...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia]
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Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia
Livestock, especially ruminant, production is an important component of farming systems in upland areas of the Philippines. Moreover, since upland agriculture is becoming unsustainable because of soil erosion and productivity of crops is limited by poor soils, livestock production is a particular...
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Adoption of dual purpose forages: Some policy implications]
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Adoption of dual purpose forages: Some policy implications
Most upland soils in humid and sub-humid tropical Africa are characterized by low inherent fertility and are also susceptible to soil erosion and compaction with cultivation. Based on simulation model, this study uses a capital budgeting approach to determine the profitability of alternative land...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Kang, B.
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Spencer, D.
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[Economic analysis of soil erosion effects in alley cropping, notill and bush fallow systems in southwestern Nigeria]
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Economic analysis of soil erosion effects in alley cropping, notill and bush fallow systems in southwestern Nigeria
The degree to which prevailing land tenure arrangements constrain agricultural productivity, and the sources of inefficiency associated with land tenure systems in sub-Saharan Africa are unresolved. Using a stochastic frontier production function, this paper examines the economic efficiency and t...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia]
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Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase c...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Gebreselassie, N.
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[The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]
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The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
Presents results of economic analysis carried out in southwestern Nigeria to determine the profitability of alternative land use systems, taking into account the short and long-run impact of soil erosion on agricultural productivity. The fallow systems include 1. two continuous cultivation alley ...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Kang, B.T.
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Spencer, D.S.C.
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[Economic analysis of soil erosion effects in alley cropping. No-till and bush fallow systems in south west Nigeria]
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Economic analysis of soil erosion effects in alley cropping. No-till and bush fallow systems in south west Nigeria
Land degradation is a severe problem in the Ethiopian highlands. Factors that may be important in influencing land management and its impacts on resources and human welfare include low and uncertain rainfall in much of the highlands, limited market access and market development, land tenure insec...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands