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In Bangladesh, a science based systematically organized pragmatic breeding policy has never been formulated and adopted. In breeding research and development projects, perspectives of stakeholders like researchers, extension agents and farmers on criteria for selection of breeds for adaptation in...


Jabbar, M.A.Husain, S.S.Islam, S.M.F.Amin, M.RKhandaker, M.A.M.Y.Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H.Ali, S.Z.Faruque, O.[Stakeholder perspectives on breeding strategy and choice of breeds for livestock development in Bangladesh]Stakeholder perspectives on breeding strategy and choice of breeds for livestock development in Bangladesh

Smallholder poultry as a tool for poverty alleviation has been developed and widely applied in Bangladesh. In this paper, the evolution of the model has been summarized and studies conducted to assess the impact of the poultry model at various stages of its evolution have been critically reviewed...


Islam, S.M.F.Jabbar, M.A.[Smallholder poultry model for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh: A review of evidence on impact]Smallholder poultry model for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh: A review of evidence on impact

The profitabilities of three land use systems in the humid zone of southwest Nigeria are compared using a capital budgeting procedure combining on-station and on-farm experimental data. The systems are: non-alley farming with fallow; alley farming with fallow; and continous alley farming. The res...


Jabbar, M.A.Larbi, AsamoahReynolds, L.[Profitability of alley farming with and without fallow in southwest Nigeria]Profitability of alley farming with and without fallow in southwest Nigeria

The effect of managing hedgerow foliage for mulch and fodder in Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium alley farming systems on maize grain yield and soil chemical characteristics was studied in on-station and on-farm experiments in southwestern Nigeria. Yields increased as the proportion of...


Larbi, AsamoahJabbar, M.A.Atta-Krah, A.N.Cobbina, J.[Effect of taking fodder crop on maize grain yield and soil chemical properties in Leucaena and Gliricidia alley farming systems in western Nigeria]Effect of taking fodder crop on maize grain yield and soil chemical properties in Leucaena and Gliricidia alley farming systems in western Nigeria

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-Saharan Africa. In West Africa, where this process is at various stages of evolution, 559 far...


Okike, I.Jabbar, M.A.Manyong, Victor M.Smith, Jimmy W.Ehui, Simeon K.[Factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in the Savanna zones of West Africa]Factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in the Savanna zones of West Africa

In this paper, the hypothesis that performance of trading firms depends on their assets (physical, financial, human capital and social capital) and trading practices is tested with data from a sample of 131 live animal traders in 38 rural Ethiopian highland markets. Most traders used own capital ...


Jabbar, M.A.Benin, S.E.Gabre-Madhin, E.Z.Paulos, Z.[Market institutions and transaction costs influencing trader performance in live animal marketing in rural Ethiopian markets]Market institutions and transaction costs influencing trader performance in live animal marketing in rural Ethiopian markets

The paper first discusses the need for moving from disciplinary to transdisciplinary research in addressing problems of human development and environmental management. Then the experience of a research project in highland Ethiopia is described. This started with disciplinary research and componen...


Jabbar, M.A.Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.Li-Pun, H.[Towards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopia]Towards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopia

A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Ghinchi farming community, central Ethiopia during October and November 2001 to assess the level of association between children's nutritional status, families' socio-economic gradient, and degree of maternal attention and cognitive development. Ninety ...


Ketema, L.Abate, G.Jabbar, M.A.[Correlates of children's cognitive skills in an agrarian community with mixed crop-livestock production systems, Ghinchi, central Ethiopia]Correlates of children's cognitive skills in an agrarian community with mixed crop-livestock production systems, Ghinchi, central Ethiopia
Autor: Jabbar, M.A.

In sub-Saharan Africa, animal traction is well developed in the Ethiopian highlands and common in the highlands of Kenya and Madagascar, but it is abscent in other highland areas. The technique is also well develop in areas of the semi-arid tropics and is emerging in some parts of the subhumid zo...


Jabbar, M.A.[Research on cow traction in Africa: Some lessons to be learned]Research on cow traction in Africa: Some lessons to be learned

The logic of voluntary contributions to an indivisible public good is studied, firstly in a simple game-theoretical framework, then in an empirical investigation of a case of watershed development in the Ethiopian Highlands. The former approach emphasises the difference between the problem under ...


Gaspart, F.Jabbar, M.A.Melard, C.Platteau, J.P.[Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia]Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia

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