A survey of two rural markets in southwest Nigeria over 14 months showed that supplies, sales and prices of sheep and goats varied widely during the period with a sharp peak during the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir and a smaller peak during the Christmas-New Year period. Local West African Dwar...
Jabbar, M.A.
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[Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis]
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Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis
This paper evaluates in a comparative cross-country context, the objectives and instruments of livestock pricing policy in five sub-Saharan African Countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan and Zimbabwe during the period 1970-86. It assesses the extent to which pricing policy objectives have...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Livestock pricing policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Objectives, instruments and impact in five countries]
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Livestock pricing policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Objectives, instruments and impact in five countries
This paper undertakes an ex ante economic analysis of research on how resistance to trypanosomosis - a dominant livestock disease in Africa - can be maintained and enhanced while retaining and reinforcing characteristics of economic importance to farmers, and on how 'trypanotolerance' can be impa...
Falconi, C.A.
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Omamo, S.W.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Iraqi, F.A.
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[An ex ante economic and policy analysis of research on genetic resistance to livestock disease: Trypanosomiasis in Africa]
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An ex ante economic and policy analysis of research on genetic resistance to livestock disease: Trypanosomiasis in Africa
Examines the influence of breed, sex, live-weight and time & place of sale on small ruminant prices in six southwest Nigerian markets. Assesses the relationship of prices between markets and the degree of integration between them. Includes a brief description of the structure of small-ruminant ma...
The most important aspects of snap bean consumption, marketing, processing, and production are emphasized; topics for future research and development are highlighted. The role of snap beans in comparison with other vegetables is discussed. Vegetable demand grows as a consequence of the urbanizing...
Se enfocan los aspectos mas importantes del consumo, mercadeo, procesamiento y produccion de habichuela y se destacan temas para investigacion y desarrollo futuros. Se discute el papel de la habichuela en comparacion con las hortalizas. La demanda de hortalizas crece como consecuencia del proceso...
Janssen, W.
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[Produccion y demanda de habichuela en los paises en desarrollo: Dtos preliminares]
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Produccion y demanda de habichuela en los paises en desarrollo: Dtos preliminares
El siguiente documento es un informe del seminario realizado en CIAT, como parte de un esfuerzo tendiente a lograr una mayor interacción entre los economistas que trabajan en distintos programas de ganadería. Los objetivos del grupo eran: 1) conocer y revizar la investigación realizada o en proce...
Valdés, Alberto
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[Algunos aspectos económicos de la industria ganadera en América Latina]
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Algunos aspectos económicos de la industria ganadera en América Latina
Using household survey data from rural Ethiopia, this study explores the role of mobile telephony in smallholder farmers' price expectation formations. The empirical findings suggest that farmers who own mobile phones and who reside closer to markets make smaller price forecasting errors. The ben...
Haile, M.G.
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Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Kalkuhl, M.
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[Access to information, price expectations and welfare: the role of mobile phone adoption in Ethiopia]
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Access to information, price expectations and welfare: the role of mobile phone adoption in Ethiopia
Wassena, Fred J.
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Mangesho, Walter E
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Chawala, Aluna
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Laswai, Germana H.
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Bwire, Julius M.N.
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Kimambo, Abiliza E.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Sikumba, Gregory N.
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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[Effects of season and location on cattle milk produced and producer milk prices in selected villages of Tanga and Morogoro Regions, Tanzania]
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Effects of season and location on cattle milk produced and producer milk prices in selected villages of Tanga and Morogoro Regions, Tanzania
Note on the world beef and mutton market, w. emphasis on exporting and importing countries, price evolution of fresh and frozen meat and on price indicators.
International Livestock Centre for Africa
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[Produits de base - Le marche mondial de la viande: Boeuf et mouton]
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Produits de base - Le marche mondial de la viande: Boeuf et mouton