Ethiopia is home for a large and diverse livestock resources and favourable production environments. The vast majority of the rural population’s livelihood is partly based on livestock production. However, livestock production and productivity and producers’ benefits from livestock production are...
Gizaw, Solomon
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Tegegne, Azage
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement]
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Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Bogale, A.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Summary report of market-oriented developmental changes in the IPMS Pilot Learning Woredas]
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Summary report of market-oriented developmental changes in the IPMS Pilot Learning Woredas
Assessment of the sheep marketing system was carried out through informal and formal surveys in selected kebeles and in selected sheep markets in Burie district in north western Ethiopia to assess the marketing system and to identify the constraints of sheep marketing in the area. The farmers int...
Abebe, Yenenesh
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Melaku, S.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Assessment of sheep marketing system in Burie district, North Western Ethiopia]
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Assessment of sheep marketing system in Burie district, North Western Ethiopia
Beekeeping is an important income-generating activity in the Atsbi-Womberta district of Tigray. Beekeeping can also be easily integrated into the on-going natural resources conservation developments in the district. However, beekeeping has traditionally been considered as a supplementary enterpri...
Woldewahid, G.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Tegegne, Azage
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Weldemariam, D.
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[Market-oriented beekeeping development to improve smallholder income: Results of development experiences in Atsbi-Womberta District, northern Ethiopia]
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Market-oriented beekeeping development to improve smallholder income: Results of development experiences in Atsbi-Womberta District, northern Ethiopia
Hussen, K.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Yousuf, M.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Cow and camel milk production and marketing in agro-pastoral and mixed crop-livestock systems in Ethiopia]
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Cow and camel milk production and marketing in agro-pastoral and mixed crop-livestock systems in Ethiopia
This study was conducted in Metema district, Amhara Region, Ethiopia to characterize the existing feed resources and recommend their enhanced utilization for animal production. The major feeds were pasture (55.7%), crop residues (20.7%), stubble (14.3%) and hay (9.3%). The estimated annual feed s...
Desalew, T.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Negatu, L.
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Teka, W.
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[Opportunities for exploiting underutilized feed resources to enhance market-oriented animal production in North-western Ethiopia]
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Opportunities for exploiting underutilized feed resources to enhance market-oriented animal production in North-western Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, with an estimated human population of over 3 million, has a high demand for cereals, pulses, fresh vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products and meat and eggs. The Ada’a Woreda is one of the important areas that supply the well known ‘maja’ teff, chickpeas, fresh vegetables, eggs an...
Tegegne, Azage
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Alemayehu, N.
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[Rural-urban linkage in market oriented dairy development in Ethiopia: lessons from the Ada'a District]
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Rural-urban linkage in market oriented dairy development in Ethiopia: lessons from the Ada'a District
Reversing watershed degradation and food insecurity has been one of the major development
challenges in the semi-arid areas of northern Ethiopia where rainfed dependent mixed croplivestock
farming is predominant (Berhanu et al., 2010; SERA, 2000). As an entry point,
community based physical soil ...
Tegegne, Azage
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Belay, B.
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Mekasha, Yoseph
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[Smallholder dairy production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: IPMS experiences and opportunities for market-oriented development]
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Smallholder dairy production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: IPMS experiences and opportunities for market-oriented development
The dairy industry needs to be optimised through organising milk production, processing, preservation and marketing in a well-coordinated way. With the recent changes in government policies featured by liberalisation and encouragement of the private sector to participate in the development of alm...