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Autor: Jabbar, M.A.

A survey of two rural markets in southwest Nigeria over 14 months showed that supplies, sales and prices of sheep and goats varied widely during the period with a sharp peak during the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir and a smaller peak during the Christmas-New Year period. Local West African Dwar...


Jabbar, M.A.[Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis]Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis
Autor: Jabbar, M.A.

Nearly half of the small ruminants of the humid zone of Africa are found in Nigeria. As aggregate demand for small ruminant meat in the zone exceeds supply from local sources, the gap is met by supplies from the subhumid and semi-arid zones in the north of the country and beyond. In the past, onl...


Jabbar, M.A.[Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis]Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis

Land degradation is one of the major problems related to low productivity in Ethiopia. Vertisols are potential agricultural lands but are underutilized due to waterlogging during the rainy season and are prone to soil erosion due to the traditional practices of planting crops at the end of the ra...


Astatke, A.Jabbar, M.A.Mohamed Saleem, M.A.Erkossa, Teklu[Technical and economic performance of animal-drawn implements for minimum tillage: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia]Technical and economic performance of animal-drawn implements for minimum tillage: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia

One of the factors that constrains animal draft power in livestock-rich countries like Ethiopia is the inadequate supply of livestock feed both in quantitative and qualitative terms. This problem in Ethiopia is aggravated by poor soil conditions across the highland areas. Inter-cropping of forage...


Kassie, M.Jabbar, M.A.Kassa, B.[An Analysis of the implications of forage legumes and a cereal-based cropping system for sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia: A linear programming approach]An Analysis of the implications of forage legumes and a cereal-based cropping system for sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia: A linear programming approach

Previous farm-level studies have shown that adopting improved feeding and management strategies improves livestock productivity and, in particular, increases the milk production and income of resource poor smallholder mixed-crop and livestock farmers. This paper analyses the impact of the introdu...


Ahmed, M.M.Jabbar, M.A.Ehui, Simeon K.[Household level economic and nutritional impacts of market-oriented dairy production in the Ethiopian highlands]Household level economic and nutritional impacts of market-oriented dairy production in the Ethiopian highlands

Considering leguminous trees Leucaena and Gliricidia as good sources of quality food, on-station and on-farm studies were conducted in the humid zone of West Africa to establish animal responses to levels, times and forms of browse supplementation, to develop alternative feeding strategies for ut...


Jabbar, M.A.Reynolds, L.Larbi, AsamoahSmith, Jimmy W.[Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa]Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa

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