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The aim of this consultation is to explore the practicality of extending technologies that enable the use of dairy cows for multiple purposes, to help develop a regional project to transfer these technologies to relevant countries in east and Central Africa. The focus of the consultation is on ne...


Zerbini, E.Shapiro, Barry I.Chirgwin, J.C.[Technology transfer. Multi-purpose cows for milk, meat and traction in smallholder farming systems. Proceedings of a consultation]Technology transfer. Multi-purpose cows for milk, meat and traction in smallholder farming systems. Proceedings of a consultation

This paper examines the adoption of two herd health control programmes designed for dairy smallholders in Central Thailand - for mastitis and for reproductive disease. The impact of adoption on private and social welfare is measured using the Policy Analysis Matrix. For adopters of the mastitis a...


Hall, D.C.Ehui, Simeon K.Shapiro, Barry I.[Interventions in animal health: economic analysis of the adoption of herd health risk management programmes in smallholder dairy farms in central Thailand]Interventions in animal health: economic analysis of the adoption of herd health risk management programmes in smallholder dairy farms in central Thailand

This presentation deals with the prospects for technology transfer and specifically with the anthropological and cultural considerations related to this work. The anthropological work was done by Dr. Alula Pankhurst, Addis Ababa University. Some farmers are more innovative than others. Some farme...


Shapiro, Barry I.[Social and cultural attitudes towards adoption of cow traction]Social and cultural attitudes towards adoption of cow traction

When severe market shortages of dairy products occurred in Kenya in early 1992, the government decontrolled dairy prices and revoked the monopoly of the Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) on sales of processed milk in urban areas. The general opinion among policy makers in Kenya then was that th...


Staal, Steven J.Shapiro, Barry I.[The effects of price liberalisation on Kenyan peri-urban dairy]The effects of price liberalisation on Kenyan peri-urban dairy

When shortages of dairy products became severe in Kenya early in 1992, prices of dairy products were de-controlled to improve the incentives to producers. The impact of that policy change is examined using the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) methodology. A case study of the marketing chain involving...


Staal, Steven J.Shapiro, Barry I.[The effects of recent price liberalization on Kenyan peri-urban dairy. A case study using the policy analysis matrix approach]The effects of recent price liberalization on Kenyan peri-urban dairy. A case study using the policy analysis matrix approach

Kenya has been self-sufficient in dairy products until recently. Early in 1992, however, shortages of dairy products began to occur, particularly in the fresh milk market. Price decontrol of dairy products, among other policy changes, was implemented in May 1992 to improve producer prices and sti...


Staal, Steven J.Shapiro, Barry I.[The impact of policy liberalization on smallholder peri-urban dairy producers at Nyeri, Kenya]The impact of policy liberalization on smallholder peri-urban dairy producers at Nyeri, Kenya

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