Crop residue use for soil mulch and animal feed are the two major competing purposes and the basic
source of fundamental challenge in conservation agriculture (CA) where residue retention on farm plots is
one of the three CA principles. Using survey data from Kenya and applying bivariate ordered ...
Jaleta, Moti
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Kassie, Menale
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Shiferaw, Bekele
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[Tradeoffs in Crop Residue Utilization in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems and Implications for Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Land Management]
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Tradeoffs in Crop Residue Utilization in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems and Implications for Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Land Management
Soil fertility depletion is considered one of the main biophysical limiting factors for increasing per capita food production for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The adoption and diffusion of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs), as a way to tackle this challenge, has become an im...
Kassie, Menale
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Jaleta, Moti
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Shiferaw, Bekele
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Mmbando, F.
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Mekuria M
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[Interdependence in Farmer Technology Adoption Decisions in Smallholder Systems: Joint Estimation of Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Rural Tanzania]
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Interdependence in Farmer Technology Adoption Decisions in Smallholder Systems: Joint Estimation of Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Rural Tanzania
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Jaleta, Moti
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[Summary of training of trainers (TOT) on basic concepts and methods of Rapid Market Appraisal (RMA) and linking farmers with markets, Yirgalem, 25-27 June 2008]
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Summary of training of trainers (TOT) on basic concepts and methods of Rapid Market Appraisal (RMA) and linking farmers with markets, Yirgalem, 25-27 June 2008
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Jaleta, Moti
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[Summary of training of trainers (TOT) on basic concepts and methods of Rapid Market Appraisal (RMA) and linking farmers with markets, at Bahir Dar, 27-30 October 2008]
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Summary of training of trainers (TOT) on basic concepts and methods of Rapid Market Appraisal (RMA) and linking farmers with markets, at Bahir Dar, 27-30 October 2008
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Jaleta, Moti
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[Market Orientation, Diversification and Market Participation of Smallholders: Evidence from Ethiopia]
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Market Orientation, Diversification and Market Participation of Smallholders: Evidence from Ethiopia
Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa. Yet, Livestock productivity is among the lowest in the region. Several factors contribute to the low productivity, including inefficient input and output markets, diseases and traditional management practices. Improving the efficiency of li...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Jaleta, Moti
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Jemaneh, S.
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[Analysis of household specific transaction cost factors in livestock input markets in Ethiopia: Implications for private sector development]
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Analysis of household specific transaction cost factors in livestock input markets in Ethiopia: Implications for private sector development
This article examines the role of institutional services of credit, input supply, and extension in the overall commercial transformation process of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia. Survey data collected in 2006 from 309 sample households in three districts of Ethiopia are used for the analyse...
Most studies on household level market participation decisions are analysing either crop or livestock market participation separately. However, in mixed crop-livestock farming systems, smallholders' participation decisions in crop and livestock markets may not be separate as a household's positio...
In 2005 the IPMS project introduced a participatory market oriented value chain approach in Alaba and apiculture was identified as one of the priority marketable commodities. Amongst the problems and potentials identified in the apiculture value chain were lack of knowledge and skills to operate ...
Shiferaw, A.
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Jaleta, Moti
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Increasing economic benefit from apiculture through value chain development approach: the case of Alaba special district, Southern Ethiopia]
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Increasing economic benefit from apiculture through value chain development approach: the case of Alaba special district, Southern Ethiopia
Jaleta, Moti
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Price co-integration analyses of food crop markets: the case of wheat and teff commodities in northern Ethiopia]
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Price co-integration analyses of food crop markets: the case of wheat and teff commodities in northern Ethiopia