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Accurate assessment of farmers' credit constraint condition is important in order to understand the circumstances under which credit would have its greatest impact. In this study a switching regression model was used to determine the impact of credit on smallholder dairy farms in the East African...


Freeman, H.A.Ehui, Simeon K.Jabbar, M.A.[Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model]Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model

In West Africa, crop-livestock mixed farming is emerging from the currently predominant nomadic pastoralism. 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 derived savanna of southw...


Okoruwa, V.Jabbar, M.A.Akinwumi, J.A.[Crop-livestock competition in the West African derived savanna: Application of a multi-objective programming model]Crop-livestock competition in the West African derived savanna: Application of a multi-objective programming model

Poverty, low crop and animal productivity and large scale resource degradation are major problems in the agriculture sector in the East African highlands. Among others, integration of forage legumes in cereal based cropping systems has been proposed as a promising strategy to improve the sustaina...


Kassie, M.Jabbar, M.A.Kassa, B.Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.[Benefits of integration of cereals and forage legumes with and without crossbred cows in mixed farms - an ex ante analysis for highland Ethiopia]Benefits of integration of cereals and forage legumes with and without crossbred cows in mixed farms - an ex ante analysis for highland Ethiopia

Past attempts to alleviate the problems of poor farmers engaged in mixed-crop-livestock production have generally focussed on the design and diffusion of new technologies targeted on specific components of the agroecosystem. Unfortunately, such piece-meal efforts have had little impact in the dev...


Li Pun, H.H.Baumgaertner, J.U.Greiling, J.Gopalan, H.Jabbar, M.A.Mares, V.McDermott, John J.Odiit, M.Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.[Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa]Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa

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

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