A survey was conducted of 982 indigene households and 203 Hausa/Fulani households in southern Nigeria between October 1988 and March 1989. Results show that 70 percent of the indigenes and 98 percent of the Hausa/Fulani consumed some dairy products. Prevalence and regularity of consumption of loc...
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.
,
Jabbar, M.A.
,
[Markets and livestock in the coming decades: Implications for smallholder highland producers]
,
Markets and livestock in the coming decades: Implications for smallholder highland producers
In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that constraints on credit limit the abilityof many smallholder farmers to make the investments in crossbred cows and/or purchase comple...
Freeman, H.A.
,
Jabbar, M.A.
,
Ehui, Simeon K.
,
[Credit markets and the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]
,
Credit markets and the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
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
Tangka, F.K.L.
,
Emerson, R.
,
Jabbar, M.A.
,
[Food security effects of intensified dairying in the Ethiopian highlands]
,
Food security effects of intensified dairying in the Ethiopian highlands