This paper assesses factors that influence livestock holding, livestock population mix and dynamics and how they relate to land use, management and land degradation. It discusses factors that influence different economic functions of livestock, especially income, saving and expenditure and the im...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Ahmed, M.
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Benin, S.E.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Livestock, livelihood and land management issues in the highlands of Ethiopia]
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Livestock, livelihood and land management issues in the highlands of Ethiopia
This paper reviews recent research, first to present a picture of coming trends in livestock product consumption and production in developing countries, in general, and second to derive some of the market implications of these for smallholders in the highlands. Evidence is also presented concerni...
Staal, Steven J.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Markets and livestock in the coming decades: Implications for smallholder highland producers]
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Markets and livestock in the coming decades: Implications for smallholder highland producers
This paper discusses the traditional management of vertisols and land-use types the broadbed maker (BBM) and its evolution; Maresha - a traditional plough; additional attachements to the BBM for improving tillage efficiency and resource conservation; the land-use intensification opportunities; an...
Astatke, A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Low-cost animal drawn implements for Vertisol management and strategies for land use intensification]
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Low-cost animal drawn implements for Vertisol management and strategies for land use intensification
Previous economic analysis found alley cropping more profitable than coventional farming. One study that also compared alley farming with small ruminants found it less profitable than alley cropping. The present study shows, on the basis of more recent experimental data, that crop response to mul...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Cobbina, J.
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[Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria]
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Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria
Astatke, A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Performance of minimum tillage with animal drawn implements on Vertisols in Ethiopia]
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Performance of minimum tillage with animal drawn implements on Vertisols in Ethiopia
There are large economics of scale in processing and retailing livestock-origin food products, but much less in production once market distortions favouring large producers are either removed or otherwise balanced for smaller farmers through market-oriented means. In order to understand these und...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh]
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Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Nguyen, T.B. vu
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Tiongco, T.S.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[The role of collective action in overcoming barriers to market access by smallholder producers: Some empirical evidence from northern Vietnam]
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The role of collective action in overcoming barriers to market access by smallholder producers: Some empirical evidence from northern Vietnam
Klaij, M.C.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Towards sustainable watershed Development and management: The case of participatory design and construction of a communal drain system]
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Towards sustainable watershed Development and management: The case of participatory design and construction of a communal drain system
A survey of 131 livestock traders in 38 markets in the highlands of Ethiopia provided information on trader behaviour and transactions costs. The livestock market is characterized by non-standardized products and lack of information in the public domain about supply, demand and prices. Consequent...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Benin, S.E.
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[Trade behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets]
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Trade behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets
In West Africa, crop-livestock mixed farming is emerging from the currently predominant nomadic pastoralism and agropastoralism. It is hypothesized that competitiveness between crop and livestock enterprises may be an important determinant of the pace of this evolution. A field study in the deriv...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Okoruwa, V.
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Akinwumi, J.A.
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[Trade-off between crop and livestock production and evolution of mixed farming in West African moist savanna]
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Trade-off between crop and livestock production and evolution of mixed farming in West African moist savanna