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Crossbreeding of goats in traditional subsistence flocks had been promoted in selected villages of eastern Ethiopian highlands as a means to quick genetic progress based on the thesis that crossbreeding can increase the net contribution of goats. Observations on flock dynamics patterns of smallho...


Ayalew, W.King, J.M.Bruns, E.W.Rischkowsky, Barbara A.[Practicalities of sustaining a goat-crossbreeding programme in eastern Ethiopia]Practicalities of sustaining a goat-crossbreeding programme in eastern Ethiopia

Conventional productivity evaluation criteria are inadequate to evaluate subsistence livestock production, because: (1) they fail to capture non-marketable benefits of the livestock; and (2) the core concept of a single limiting input is inappropriate to subsistence production, as multiple limiti...


Ayalew, W.King, J.M.Bruns, E.Rischkowsky, Barbara A.[Economic evaluation of smallholder subsistence livestock production: lessons from an Ethiopian goat development program]Economic evaluation of smallholder subsistence livestock production: lessons from an Ethiopian goat development program

Based on the multiple utility of goats as well as multiple resources employed, broader productivity criteria were developed and applied to evaluate subsistence goat production. The results showed that, under the improved subsistence production, crossbred goats did not generate any more Unit Net B...


Ayalew, W.King, J.M.Bruns, E.W.Rischkowsky, Barbara A.[Crossbreeding does not lead to greater contribution of goats to household welfare, but improved management does]Crossbreeding does not lead to greater contribution of goats to household welfare, but improved management does

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