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.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model]
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Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
Jabbar, M.A.
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[Smallholder livestock for poverty alleviation: issues and prospects]
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Smallholder livestock for poverty alleviation: issues and prospects
Jabbar, M.A.
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[Smallholders and contract farming: relevance for the IPMS project in Ethiopia]
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Smallholders and contract farming: relevance for the IPMS project in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia and Kenya, a unit of credit given to a credit-constrained farmer has twice as much effect on agricultural productivity as a unit of credit given to a farmer with adequate access to financial resources, according to a recent ILRI study. The study also found that giving farmers agricult...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
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.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Markets and livestock in the coming decades: Implications for smallholder highland producers]
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Markets and livestock in the coming decades: Implications for smallholder highland producers
There are large economics of scale in processing and retailing livestock-origin food products, but much less in production once market distortions favouring large producers are either removed or otherwise balanced for smaller farmers through market-oriented means. In order to understand these und...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh]
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Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh
A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - based analysis of livestock population dynamics in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) and the International Livestock Re...
Tulachan, P.M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[An overview of smallholder dairy farming in mixed mountain farming systems of the HKH: Issues and priorities]
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An overview of smallholder dairy farming in mixed mountain farming systems of the HKH: Issues and priorities
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Toan, N.N.
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Que, N.N.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Tisdell, C.A.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[Market outlet choices in the context of changing demand for fresh meat: implications for smallholder inclusion in pork supply chain in Vietnam]
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Market outlet choices in the context of changing demand for fresh meat: implications for smallholder inclusion in pork supply chain in Vietnam
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Vu, T.B.
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Nguyen, T.S.
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Tiongco, M.M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[The role of collective action in overcoming barriers to market access by smallholder producers: some empirical evidence from Northern Vietnam]
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The role of collective action in overcoming barriers to market access by smallholder producers: some empirical evidence from Northern Vietnam