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Two groups of light N'Dama calves were fed different quantities of milk from birth to 10 months of age to compare efficiencies fo converting milk to live-weight gain, and to assess the economic efficiencies of the two feeding regimes. Group one receives an average of 347 kg per calf, with a daily...


Agyemang, K.Clifford, K.Little, D.A.[An assessment of the biological and economic efficiency in conversion of milk to growth in N'Dama calves]An assessment of the biological and economic efficiency in conversion of milk to growth in N'Dama calves

This paper examines the factors contributing to decline in ownership of various types of livestock and availability and quality of grazing lands in the northern Ethiopian highlands since, 1991. It also examines the factors contributing to changes in utilisation of various feed resources. Increase...


Benin, S.E.Ehui, Simeon K.Pender, J.L.[Policies affecting changes in ownership of livestock and use of feed resources in the highlands of northern Ethiopia]Policies affecting changes in ownership of livestock and use of feed resources in the highlands of northern Ethiopia

Describes a dynamic & stochastic simulation model, specifying its driving variables & validating it for production conditions in a study area in Botswana. Compares the simulated performance of Tswana & Simmental x Tswana cattle, analysing economic trade-offs between milk & meat production under v...


Konandreas, P.A.Anderson, F.M.Trail, J.C.M.[Economic trade-offs between milk and meat production under various supplementation levels in Botswana]Economic trade-offs between milk and meat production under various supplementation levels in Botswana

Data on accumulated life performance of crosses of Ayrshire (A), Brown Swiss (B), Friesian (F) and Sahiwal (S) cattle collected over a 21- years period from a dairy ranch in the lowland tropics of Kenya were analysed to estimate additive and non-additive genetic effects of economic traits. These ...


Kahi, A.K.Thorpe, W.R.Nitter, G.Arendonk, Johan A.M. vanGall, C.F.[Economic evaluation of crossbreeding for dairy production in a pasture based production system in Kenya]Economic evaluation of crossbreeding for dairy production in a pasture based production system in Kenya

The new pour-on insecticides that can be used to control tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis confer benefits to the owners of the cattle given treatments and other people keeping cattle in areas affected by the control. A study was conducted in southwest Ethiopia to assess farmers' perceptions of ...


Swallow, B.M.Woudyalew MulatuLeak, S.G.A.[Potential demand for a mixed public-private animal health input: evaluation of a pour-on insecticide for controlling tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis in Ethiopia]Potential demand for a mixed public-private animal health input: evaluation of a pour-on insecticide for controlling tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis in Ethiopia

Comparative performance of two broiler hybrids (Cobb-500 and Ross) under small-scale production system in Debre Zeit, central Ethiopia was evaluated. Questionnaire was also used to collect information on management and marketing of small-scale broiler production. A total of 500 "as hatched" day-o...


Lobago, F.Melese, G.Mideksa, B.Tibbo, Markos[Comparative performance of two broiler hybrids (Cobb-500 and Ross) under small-scale production system in Debre Zeit, central Ethiopia]Comparative performance of two broiler hybrids (Cobb-500 and Ross) under small-scale production system in Debre Zeit, central Ethiopia

The effectiveness and efficiency of commercial resistance inductors (RIs) for LB control in the central highlands of Peru were studied. Susceptible plants of cv. Yungay were sprayed with PKplus®, Manvert Biolet®, Miconic® and Manvert Silikon®, and then they were inoculated with a complex P. infes...


Sanabria, K.Pérez, W.Sánchez, D.Andrade-Piedra, J.L.[Resistance inductors for potato late blight management in Peru]Resistance inductors for potato late blight management in Peru

La riqueza de los suelos aluviales a lo largo de los ríos amazónicos permite altos rendimientos en los cultivos. En el Perú, esta característica ha sido sustento de propuestas que sugieren concentrar la agricultura amazónica en sus riberas. Sin embargo, la viabilidad económica de la agricultura r...


Labarta, R.A.White, D.Leguia Hidalgo, Efraín J.Guzmán, W.Soto, J.[La agricultura en la amazonia ribereña del río Ucayali : ¿Una zona productiva pero poco rentable?]La agricultura en la amazonia ribereña del río Ucayali : ¿Una zona productiva pero poco rentable?
Autor: Barr, C.

Since the mid-1980s, policy discussions aimed at promoting sustainable forest management in Indonesia have focused almost exclusively on reforming the HPH (Hak Pengusahaan Hutan) timber concession system. Policy interventions proposed by the World Bank and other advocates of the “sustainable logg...


Barr, C.[Timber concession reform: questioning the "sustainable logging" paradigm]Timber concession reform: questioning the "sustainable logging" paradigm

The Clean Development Mechanism provides opportunities for land rehabilitation of degraded lands through afforestation and reforestation project activities in the effort to mitigate climate change. This study was conducted in a Pulai (Alstonia) plantation developed by PT. Xylo Indah Pratama, in S...


Guillermo, I.A.[Economics of small-scale forest carbon projects in South Sumatra, Indonesia]Economics of small-scale forest carbon projects in South Sumatra, Indonesia

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