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
Presents results of studies to characterize & define the 'Mouton de Case' intensive sheep fattening system in Central Mali, viz. ownership patterns, management and feeds & feeding systems in two agro-pastoral subsystems in Niono area; growth rates & weights of sheep; costs, benefits, motivation &...
Kolff, H.E.
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Wilson, R.T.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: The "Mouton de Case" system of smallholder sheep fattening]
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Livestock production in central Mali: The "Mouton de Case" system of smallholder sheep fattening
Salcedo Castaño, Jesús María
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Arroyave, José A.
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Toro Chica, Orlando
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Debouck, Daniel G.
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[Phaseolus novoleonensis, a new species (leguminosae, phaseolinae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo León, México]
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Phaseolus novoleonensis, a new species (leguminosae, phaseolinae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo León, México
Describes use of low - level aeral census in counting livestock in Kenya's Maasailand Group Ranches, concentrating on survey designs & efforts made to improve reliability of population estimates, Compares efficiency & precision of aerial & ground counts.
Adoption of improved technologies is seen as a key driver to increase agricultural production and productivity in Ethiopia. Considerable efforts have been made by government and NGOs to disseminate improved technologies in order to boost production and productivity chickpea though the outcome is ...
Fenta, M.
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[Adoption of improved chickpea technologies in North Gondar zone of Ethiopia: The case of Gondar Zuria District]
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Adoption of improved chickpea technologies in North Gondar zone of Ethiopia: The case of Gondar Zuria District
In the Sahel of West Africa, the productivities of rangelands, croplands and livestock are inextricably linked. Cattle, sheep and goats graze rangelands and crop residues, and their manure/urine is used to fertilize crops. Rangelands provide important feeds during the manuring period, resulting i...
Powell, J.M.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Turner, M.D.
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[Nutrient cycling in integrated rangeland/cropland systems of the Sahel]
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Nutrient cycling in integrated rangeland/cropland systems of the Sahel
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
Trypanosomiasis is a major constraint to increased food production in Africa as it limits livestock production and mixed farming over an area of 10 million km2. The use of African trypanotolerant breeds of cattle is one approach to control trypanosomiasis that is being given increasing attention....
Itty, P.
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[Profitability, efficiency and comparative advantage of African cattle meat and milk production: The case of trypanotolerant village cattle production]
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Profitability, efficiency and comparative advantage of African cattle meat and milk production: The case of trypanotolerant village cattle production
This study modeled the introduction of new early cultivars of millet and cowpea, higher cowpea densities, and various fertilization strategies. Model results were then compared with farmer behaviour before and after the availability of these new technologies. The model correctly identified the tw...
Shapiro, Barry I.
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Sanders, J.H.
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Reddy, K.C.
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Baker, T.G.
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[Evaluating and adapting new technologies in a high-risk agricultural system - Niger]
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Evaluating and adapting new technologies in a high-risk agricultural system - Niger