World agriculture is based on a small number of animal species and a decreasing number of breeds within each species. Several breeds of West African shorthorn cattle (Bos taurus brachyceros) are now at high risk of extinction due to interbreeding. The West African shorthorn breeds are particularl...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Diedhiou, M.L.
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[Does breed matter to cattle farmers and buyers? Evidence from West Africa]
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Does breed matter to cattle farmers and buyers? Evidence from West Africa
The costs, returns, and profitability of dairy farming under the livestock credit programme of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) were assessed. The amount of loan disbursed and its repayment were also examined. Data for the year 1997-98 were obtained from a total of 40 dairy farms (consisting of...
Mian, M.R.U.
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Halim, M.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Economics of dairy farming under livestock credit programme of BKB in a selected area of Mymensingh District]
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Economics of dairy farming under livestock credit programme of BKB in a selected area of Mymensingh District
Jabbar, M.A.
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Swallow, B.M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Busari, A.A.
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[Farmer preferences and market values of cattle breeds of West and Central africa]
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Farmer preferences and market values of cattle breeds of West and Central africa
A year-long survey of rural small ruminant markets in southern Nigeria shows that supplies from local sources fail to keep pace with increased demand, particularly at festival times, and the gap is filled by supplies from the northern part of the country. Subsistence oriented southern producers s...
Jabbar, M.A.
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[Market niches for increased small ruminant production in southern Nigeria]
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Market niches for increased small ruminant production in southern Nigeria
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.
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Reynolds, L.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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[Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa]
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Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa
In developing country production environment, farm production efficiency is often measured in terms of on-farm resources and producer characteristics. In this paper we postulate that input and output market related factors also influence farm production decisions hence its efficiency. Stochastic ...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Akter, S.
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[Market and other factors affecting farm specific production efficiency in pig production in Vietnam.]
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Market and other factors affecting farm specific production efficiency in pig production in Vietnam.