This chapter summarises the experience of a research project for developing and disseminating technologies for better management of Vertisols for improving productivity. Topics of discussion include Vertisol technology Development and testing in Ethiopia; the adoption pathways for the BBM package...
Jabbar, M.A.
,
Mamo, T.
,
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
,
[From plot to watershed management: Experience in farmer participatory Vertisol technology generation and adoption in highland Ethiopia]
,
From plot to watershed management: Experience in farmer participatory Vertisol technology generation and adoption in highland Ethiopia
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
Ayele, G.
,
Jabbar, M.A.
,
Zerfu, E.
,
[Diffussion and adoption of Vertisols technology package in highland Ethiopia]
,
Diffussion and adoption of Vertisols technology package in highland Ethiopia
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 that started with disciplinary research and component technologies...
Jabbar, M.A.
,
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
,
Li Pun, H.H.
,
[From component technology to integrated resource management: Evolution toward trandisciplinary research in a project in Ethiopia]
,
From component technology to integrated resource management: Evolution toward trandisciplinary research in a project in Ethiopia