A tsetse control experiment with 500 deltamethrin-impregnated targets was initiated in the Ghibe Valley, south-west Ethiopia, in April 1990. The theft of a large number of targets following the socio-political disturbances of May 1991 spoiled major reductions in tsetse density and trypanosome pre...
Swallow, B.M.
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Mulatu, W.
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[Evaluating the willingness of Ghibe Valley (Ethiopia) residents to contribute time and money to a tsetse control programme using targets]
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Evaluating the willingness of Ghibe Valley (Ethiopia) residents to contribute time and money to a tsetse control programme using targets
Animal trypanosomosis is particularly important in Ethipia where 7-10 million cattle are at risk. A geo-referenced census of over 5000 households was conducted between March and July 1996 to better understand factors affecting demand of the a cypermethrin pour-ons used since January 1991 to contr...
Wangila, J.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Tesfamichael, N.
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Okello, O.
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Kruska, R.L.
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[Factors affecting farmer demand and pour-on treatments in Ethiopia]
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Factors affecting farmer demand and pour-on treatments in Ethiopia
This paper presents a step-wise appraisal of livestock that takes into account the viewpoint of the livestock keepers. The first step in the appraisal is the quantification of the resources used for a livestock system and the physical production obtained. The second step is the valuation of physi...
Moll, H.A.J.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.
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[From meat to milk: Smallholders livelihoods and markets]
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From meat to milk: Smallholders livelihoods and markets
This chapter investigates the land management practices used in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia. The factors influencing them, and their implications for crop production. Several factors commonly hypothesized to have a major impact on land management and agricultural production - inclu...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia]
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Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia
This study is part of a larger study on dairy marketing in Ethiopia, and concentrates on the producers'end of the marketing chain. Specifically, the markets of first sale used by dairy producers were identified and the marketing patterns of three categories of dairy producers (intra-urban, peri-u...
Debrah, S.K.
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Anteneh, B.
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[Dairy marketing in Ethiopia: Markets of first sale and producers' marketing patterns]
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Dairy marketing in Ethiopia: Markets of first sale and producers' marketing patterns
This study investigates the intra-household consequences of market-oriented dairy production (MODP) based on the introduction of crossbred cows and complementary feed and management technologies. These technologies are being tested on-farm in a collaborative dairy technology project involving the...
Shapiro, Barry I.
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Haider, J.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Misgina, A.
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Alemayehu, M.
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[Impact of market-oriented dairy production on women and children: Evidence from the Ethiopian highlands]
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Impact of market-oriented dairy production on women and children: Evidence from the Ethiopian highlands
Vu Trong Binh
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Trinh Van Tuan
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Le Viet Ly
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[Institutional innovations for improving small households'participation in livestock production: The case of pig producer cooperatives in Haiduong Province, Vietnam]
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Institutional innovations for improving small households'participation in livestock production: The case of pig producer cooperatives in Haiduong Province, Vietnam
Estimates the relative shares of crop livestock and non-farm income sources in total cash incomes of sample smallholder producers in the semi-arid zone of Mali and attempts to understand the mechanisms and motives of cash income transfers from one sector to the other. Describes the study area and...
Debrah, S.K.
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Sissoko, K.
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[Sources and transfers of cash income in the rural economy: The case of smallholder mixed farmers in the semi-arid zone of Mali]
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Sources and transfers of cash income in the rural economy: The case of smallholder mixed farmers in the semi-arid zone of Mali
This paper evaluates the potential problems in the context of mixed crop-livestock system of the Ethiopian highlands. Survey data from the Arsi region are used to describe the prevalence and nature of landlessness. The impact of the current land situation on selected parameters of crop agricultur...
Gavian, S.
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Teklu, A.
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[Land tenure and farming practices: The case of Tiyo Woreda, Arsi, Ethiopia]
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Land tenure and farming practices: The case of Tiyo Woreda, Arsi, Ethiopia
The importance of trypanotolerant cattle production in the humid and derived savannah areas of southern Nigeria was investigated. A study was carried out in the zone from July through October 1984 on behalf of ILCA. Topical discussions on methodology and history of trypanotolerance cattle in the ...
Akinwumi, J.A.
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Ikpi, A.E.
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[Trypanotolerant cattle production in southern Nigeria. Report submitted to the International Livestock Centre for Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria]
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Trypanotolerant cattle production in southern Nigeria. Report submitted to the International Livestock Centre for Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria