This easy-to-use guide to effective targeting of selected dairy interventions in Kenya is intended for use by anyone involved in dairy farming in the country, such as development planners, researchers, service providers, suppliers of dairy inputs and extension workers. The guide answers the quest...
Ouma, R.
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Njoroge, L.
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Romney, D.L.
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Ochungo, P.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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[Targeting dairy interventions in Kenya: a guide for development planners, researchers and extension workers]
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Targeting dairy interventions in Kenya: a guide for development planners, researchers and extension workers
While development agencies in Uganda have tended to promote intensification of dairy production to smallholder farmers where intensification is associated with improved breeds of dairy cattle, smaller farm sizes and increased usage of labour and purchased inputs per unit of milk produced - farmer...
Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Mubiru, S.
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Nanyeenya, W.
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Njoroge, L.
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Halberg, N.
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Romney, D.L.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[Dairy farming in Uganda: production efficiency and soil management strategies under different production systems]
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Dairy farming in Uganda: production efficiency and soil management strategies under different production systems
Leksmono, C.
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Young, J.
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Hooton, N.
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Muriuki, H.
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Romney, D.L.
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[Informal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: the role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in Kenya]
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Informal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: the role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in Kenya
Sustainability of their agricultural systems is essential for many tropical countries where the majority of the people depend upon agriculture for their livelihoods. In the short term economic sustainability is the main factor influencing viability of an agricultural system and of the farms which...
Utiger, C.
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Romney, D.L.
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Njoroge, L.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Chege, L.
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[Nutrient flows and balances in intensive crop-dairy production systems in the Kenya highlands]
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Nutrient flows and balances in intensive crop-dairy production systems in the Kenya highlands
Currently over 1000 Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on integrated pest management (IPM) and/or integrated soil management are being successfully implemented in Kenya and many more in Africa as a whole. In 2001, the DFID/FAO project on Farmer Field Schools for livestock began adapting and testing the F...
This chapter focuses on an on-going DFID-funded project in Kenya to adapt and develop the Farmer Field School methodology specifically for livestock, and particularly for smallholder dairy production, focusing on animal health and production issues. On-going project activities are discussed, and ...
Minjauw, B.
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Muriuki, H.G.
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Romney, D.L.
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[Development of Farmer Field School methodology for smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya]
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Development of Farmer Field School methodology for smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya
A Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was conducted with smallholder dairy farmers in the central highlands of Kenya, where smallholder mixed farming systems predominate. Shortage of fodder is the principal problem as a result of decreasing farm size and, therefore, cattle are rarely fed ad libit...
Romney, D.L.
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Tanner, J.C.
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Chui, J.
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Kenyanjui, M.
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Morton, J.
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Ndegwa, P.
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Kimari, A.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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[Feed utilisation options for smallholder dairy farmers]
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Feed utilisation options for smallholder dairy farmers