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Autor: Grace, Delia

This study was carried out in Northeast Guinea to investigate farmer knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) relating to trypanosomosis management; elucidate factors that influence animal-health-seeking behaviour and outcome; and investigate factors associated with high risk for chemo-resistance. ...


Grace, Delia[Managing trypanosomosis: knowledge, attitude and practice in Upper Guinea]Managing trypanosomosis: knowledge, attitude and practice in Upper Guinea
Birachi, Eliud AbucheliZozo, RachelVanlauwe, BernardChianu, Jonas N.Chiuri, Wanjiku L.[An analysis of the determinants of household level production and marketing of beans in Eastern Congo]An analysis of the determinants of household level production and marketing of beans in Eastern Congo
Nkedianye, D.K.Ogutu, Joseph O.Said, Mohammed YahyaKifugo, S.C.Leeuw, Jan deGardingen, P.V.Reid, Robin S.[Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania]Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania

This paper is divided in sections. The first section deals with empirical model, methods, and hypotheses and looks into methods, data Sources, econometric approach, and predicted Impacts of selected variables. The second one discusses agriculture and land management in the highlands of Tigray wit...


Pender, J.L.Gebremedhin, Berhanu[Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis]Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis

Fragmentation of farm lands and depletion of soil fertility are among the top most important limiting factors constraining subsistence farmers in maintaining sustainable crop production in the central highlands of Ethiopia. More than sixty and over a third of the total farm households in the coun...


Kumsa, T.Madsen, J.O.Tegegne, Azage[Manure production, handling and use around Holetta Agricultural Research Center]Manure production, handling and use around Holetta Agricultural Research Center

Growing pearl millet and cowpea in combination with raising ruminant livestock is widely practiced in the Sahel. In this farming system, livestock feeding depends mostly on rangeland, fallows and cropland grazing. Nutritional constraints to grazing ruminants stem primarily from feed scarcity and ...


Fernández Rivera, S.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Williams, Timothy O.Turner, M.Schlecht, E.Salla, A.Ayantunde, Augustine A.Sangare, M.[Nutritional constraints to grazing ruminants in the millet-cowpea- livestock farming system of the Sahel]Nutritional constraints to grazing ruminants in the millet-cowpea- livestock farming system of the Sahel

The genetic diversity within indigenous livestock breeds of countries like Ethiopia results from the diverse ways in which these resources have been used to support human livelihoods and their ability to cop with the specific environments in which they have been kept. The genes and gene combinati...


Dorland, H.A. vanAyalew, W.Tolessa, A.Rowlands, G.J.Rege, J.E.O.[Understanding the purposes for keeping cattle and their perceived traits by farmers in Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia]Understanding the purposes for keeping cattle and their perceived traits by farmers in Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia

Recent research on payments for environmental services (PES) has observed that high transaction costs (TCs) are incurred through the implementation of PES schemes and farmer participation. TCs incurred by households are considered to be an obstacle to the participation in and efficiency of PES po...


Manasboonphempool, A.Milan, Florence M.Zeller, M.[Transaction costs of farmers’ participation in forest management: policy implications of payments for environmental services schemes in Vietnam]Transaction costs of farmers’ participation in forest management: policy implications of payments for environmental services schemes in Vietnam

Background: Farmers apply several and often different farmer-specific strategies to cope with and adapt to the perceived trend of declining rainfall and crop productivity. A better understanding of the factors affecting farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to counteract both trends is crucia...


Adimassu, ZenebeKessler, A.[Factors affecting farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to perceived trends of declining rainfall and crop productivity in the central Rift valley of Ethiopia]Factors affecting farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to perceived trends of declining rainfall and crop productivity in the central Rift valley of Ethiopia

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provide important sources of subsistence, income and employment everywhere there are forests (and sometimes even where there are none). With new emphasis on poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement in national and international development agendas, this gr...


Kusters, K.Belcher, B.[Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia]Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia

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