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Forage development is one of the strategies to address feed scarcity and low livestock productivity in Ethiopia. In line with government strategy, multiple actors took part in a forage development programme for six years (2004–09) in Alaba Special District, in southern Ethiopia. This paper analys...
Shiferaw, A.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia]
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Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia
This paper analyses factors that influence Ethiopian households’ decisions to produce and market
small ruminants using a triple-hurdle econometric model. The model integrates production, market
position and volume of sales, allowing us to make inferences relating to the study population. The
resu...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Shiferaw, K.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation]
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A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation
Teff, wheat and rice are becoming important market oriented crops in Ethiopia. This study aims at measuring the level of market orientation of households in these crops, identifying the important market places and market outlets used by producers, and analyzing the determinants of market orientat...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Staple food crops turning into commercial crops: case studies of teff, wheat and rice in Ethiopia]
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Staple food crops turning into commercial crops: case studies of teff, wheat and rice in Ethiopia
This article examines the role of institutional services of credit, input supply, and extension in the overall commercial transformation process of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia. Survey data collected in 2006 from 309 sample households in three districts of Ethiopia are used for the analyse...
The efficiency of cotton market chain that can have great influence on farm level
supply of marketable cotton was evaluated for Metema District of Ethiopia, using
structure-conduct-performance approach. Market concentration ratio (CR4) at District
level was 49.76 percent and there were observed b...
Bosena, T.
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Bekabil, F.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia]
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Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia
Current available records show that Ethiopia is receiving negligible benefits from its
cotton and textile products export partly on account of low production at the farm
level. Our objective was to study factors responsible for the low production. The
factors affecting farm level marketable suppl...
Bosena, T.
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Bekabil, F.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Factors affecting cotton supply at the farm level in Metema District of Ethiopia]
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Factors affecting cotton supply at the farm level in Metema District of Ethiopia
Efficient input supply and service delivery may call for a hub approach where all the necessary inputs and services are supplied in a coordinated manner, either by a single supplier or by several and separate entities in a given geographical location accessible to beneficiaries. Based on experien...
Jaleta, Moti
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Tegegne, Azage
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Jemaneh, S.
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Lemma, T.
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development at Ada'a milk shed in Ethiopia]
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Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development at Ada'a milk shed in Ethiopia
We studied how the failure to take into account gendered roles in the management of a communal pasture can affect the resilience of this social-ecological system. Data were collected using qualitative methods, including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and participant observations fr...
Aregu, Lemlem
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Darnhofer, Ika
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[The impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopia]
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The impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopia