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Coppock, D.L.Holden, S.J.O'Connor, C.B.[Milk processing and peri-urban dairy marketing in semi-arid Ethiopia and prospects for development intervention]Milk processing and peri-urban dairy marketing in semi-arid Ethiopia and prospects for development intervention

N'Dama heifers, initially weighing 129 kg at approximately 30 months of age, were supplemented with 250, 500 or 1000g/head/day groundnut cake for 3 or 6 months during the dry or dry and wet seasons. Highly significant improvements in rates of liveweight gain and reproductive performance were obta...


Tanner, J.C.Little, D.A.Holden, S.J.Dampha, K.[Reducing age at first calving in N'Dama heifers using groundnut cake as a supplement to grazed natural pasture in The Gambia]Reducing age at first calving in N'Dama heifers using groundnut cake as a supplement to grazed natural pasture in The Gambia

Information is needed on the biophysical and economic rationale for labour-demanding (and therefore, expensive) backyard animal rearing systems on smallholdings in the uplands of Java where livestock have been an integral part of highly intensive agriculture for centuries. The occurrence of high ...


Tanner, J.C.Holden, S.J.Owen, E.Winugroho, M.Gill, M.[Livestock sustaining intensive smallholder crop production through traditional feeding practices for generating high quality manure-compost in upland Java]Livestock sustaining intensive smallholder crop production through traditional feeding practices for generating high quality manure-compost in upland Java

Studies were conducted among pastoralists on the Borana Plateau in 1986-89. Household surveys described seasonal milk production and allocation, marketed supply of dairy products, incidence of calf morbidity and mortality and human consumption of dairy products and grain. The efficiency of butter...


Coppock, D.L.Holden, S.J.Assefa, M.[Review of dairy marketing and processing in a semi-arid pastoral system in Ethiopia]Review of dairy marketing and processing in a semi-arid pastoral system in Ethiopia

Examines some interactions of market access and family wealth on household milk allocation for calves and people. Evaluates implications in terms of mortality and morbidity rates of nursing calves and the composition and nutritional value of human diets. Presents surveys of pastoral households in...


Holden, S.J.Coppock, D.L.Assefa, M.[Pastoral dairy marketing and household wealth interactions and their implications for calves and humans in Ethiopia]Pastoral dairy marketing and household wealth interactions and their implications for calves and humans in Ethiopia

Presents results of a survey designed to determine the effects of distance to market, family wealth, and season on the quantity of dairy products sold per person and per lactating animal. Quantifies the contribution of dairy marketing to the household economy on an annual and seasonal basis and a...


Holden, S.J.Coppock, D.L.[Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia]Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia

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