The neoclassical economic paradigm views market linkages as efficient mechanisms for trading. However, the validity of this position is questionable, as markets frequently do not possess the structural conditions necessary for perfect competition. In subsistence-farming systems, factors that prev...
Somda, Jacques
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Tollens, E.F.
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Kamuanga, M.
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[Transaction costs and the marketable surplus of milk in smallholder farming systems of The Gambia]
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Transaction costs and the marketable surplus of milk in smallholder farming systems of The Gambia
There is a broad land of territory comprising the subhumid zone and the non-forested areas of the humid zone of West Africa in which a mixture of trypanotolerant, trypano-susceptible, and crossbred cattle are found. Availability of a variety of breeds allows farmers to choose the breeds they judg...
Kamuanga, M.
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Tano, K.
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Pokou, K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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[Farmers' preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review]
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Farmers' preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review
The reviewed case studies were conducted between 1994 and 1997 by ILRI research teams in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. The objectives were to evaluate farmers' preferences for cattle traits; to assess constraints and opportunities for in situ conservation of endangered cattle breeds, ...
Kamuanga, M.
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Tano, K.
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Pokou, K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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[Farmer preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review]
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Farmer preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review