A conceptual framework for evaluating cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is developed based on a Kenyan case study. It depicts livestock production as a system where farm animals, plants, land and water are interlinked in particular ways and are also interlinked with the environment....
Karugia, Joseph T.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Kaitho, R.J.
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Wollny, C.B.A.
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Drucker, A.G.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Economic analysis of cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework and Kenyan case study]
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Economic analysis of cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework and Kenyan case study
This paper first discusses the need to assess the economic impact of livestock diseases and their control. It then examines the conceptual framework for assessing the economic impact of diseases and their control. This is followed by a brief explanation of some of the economic concepts behind the...
Mukhebi, A.W.
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[Assessing economic impact of tick-borne diseases and their control: the case of theileriosis immunisation]
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Assessing economic impact of tick-borne diseases and their control: the case of theileriosis immunisation
Nolivos, I.
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Biesen, L. van
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Swennen, R.L.
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[Modelling an intensive banana cropping system in Ecuador using a Bayesian Network]
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Modelling an intensive banana cropping system in Ecuador using a Bayesian Network
In Ethiopia and Kenya, a unit of credit given to a credit-constrained farmer has twice as much effect on agricultural productivity as a unit of credit given to a farmer with adequate access to financial resources, according to a recent ILRI study. The study also found that giving farmers agricult...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
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
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[Managing trypanosomosis: knowledge, attitude and practice in Upper Guinea]
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Managing trypanosomosis: knowledge, attitude and practice in Upper Guinea
Certain landscapes in the Sahel and elsewhere consist of a 'checkerboard' arrangement of vegetated and non-vegetated areas in which there may be several spectrally distinct vegetation and bare ground components. When individual components form large spatially coherent patches, and the vertical di...
Hanan, N.P.
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Prince, S.D.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Spectral modelling of multicomponent landscapes in the Sahel]
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Spectral modelling of multicomponent landscapes in the Sahel
Session one of this report highlights ILRAD's research programs and the modelling needs of ILRAD and FAO. Session two deals with vector and helminth population dynamics with particular reference to ticks, tsetse and helminth. Parasite transmission and host parasite interaction are discussed in se...
Perry, Brian D.
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Hansen, James
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[Modelling vector-borne and other parasitic diseases. Proceedings of a workshop]
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Modelling vector-borne and other parasitic diseases. Proceedings of a workshop
Summarises the critical steps for designing a comprehensive breeding system. Breed (genotype) comparison and utilization are discussed with ref. to breeding policy, environment and management systems, genetic parameters, purebreds, F1 crosses, rotational crossing, and F2 and F3 generations of bre...
Rege, J.E.O.
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[Lecture notes on design and analysis of breed comparison experiments]
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Lecture notes on design and analysis of breed comparison experiments
This chapter Reports on the major research work carried out in Lesotho and the analysis of the livestock industry in the context of rangeland utilization with overall implications for marketing. In this context the results have importance for similar livestock/range problems elsewhere in Africa. ...