This paper estimates the preferences of farmers for cattle traits in southern Burkina Faso using conjoint analysis, a survey-based system for measuring preferences for multiple-attribute goods. Here the technique is used in the context of a West African country where literacy is low, where cattle...
Tano, K.
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Faminow, M.
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Kamuanga, M.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Using conjoint analysis to estimate farmer's preferences for cattle traits in West Africa]
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Using conjoint analysis to estimate farmer's preferences for cattle traits in West Africa
The subhumid and semi-arid zones of West Africa are one of the subregions reputed to hold Africa's greatest potential for expansion of animal agriculture. Within this region livestock are affected by tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis-a disease that severely constrains productivity, thus hampering...
Kamuanga, M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Tano, K.
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Mugalla, C.
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Pokou, K.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade]
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Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade
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.
,
Tano, K.
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Pokou, K.
,
Jabbar, M.A.
,
D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
,
[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