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A survey of 131 livestock traders in 38 markets in the highlands of Ethiopia provided information on trader behaviour and transactions costs. The livestock market is characterized by non-standardized products and lack of information in the public domain about supply, demand and prices. Consequent...


Jabbar, M.A.Benin, S.E.[Trade behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets]Trade behaviour and transactions costs in live animal marketing in Ethiopian highland markets

In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that constraints on credit limit the abilityof many smallholder farmers to make the investments in crossbred cows and/or purchase comple...


Freeman, H.A.Jabbar, M.A.Ehui, Simeon K.[Credit markets and the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]Credit markets and the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
Ayalew, W.Tesfahun, G.Wollny, G.Drucker, A.G.[Exploring market-based and non-market incentives for in situ conservation of indigenous animal genetic resources in Africa: Experiences of ILRI in Ethiopia]Exploring market-based and non-market incentives for in situ conservation of indigenous animal genetic resources in Africa: Experiences of ILRI in Ethiopia

Identifying ways to increase market participation by smallholder producers requires identifying variables that influence market access. This is usually achieved using probit estimation. An important phenomenon affecting entry decision-making is the entry decision of a \91similar\92 household, whe...


Lapar, Ma. LucilaHalloway, G.Ehui, Simeon K.[How big is your neighborhood? Spatial implications of market participation by smallholder livestock producers]How big is your neighborhood? Spatial implications of market participation by smallholder livestock producers

Despite policies to discourage them, informal milk markets account for over 80% of milk sales in most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Informal milk market agents include farmer dairy co-operatives, small traders using bicycles and public or private transport and small retail outlets, such as...


Omore, Amos O.McDermott, John J.Staal, Steven J.Arimi, S.M.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Ouma, Emily A.[Analysis of public health risks from consumption of informally marketed milk in sub-Saharan African countries]Analysis of public health risks from consumption of informally marketed milk in sub-Saharan African countries
Jones, Peter G.Thornton, Philip K.[Application of a simple agricultural land-use model to the studying of market dynamics and technological change in a landscape in the Colombian Andes]Application of a simple agricultural land-use model to the studying of market dynamics and technological change in a landscape in the Colombian Andes
Autor: Adugna, T.

This work identifies determinants of market prices of cattle with reference to Alemaya livestock market in Eastern Ethiopia. It tests various hypotheses on factors that are believed to influence cattle prices with particular emphasis on animal and market characteristics.


Adugna, T.[Determinants of market prices of livestock: The case of cattle in Alemaya, eastern Ethiopia]Determinants of market prices of livestock: The case of cattle in Alemaya, eastern Ethiopia
Muriuki, H.G.Owango, M.O.Staal, Steven J.[Dairy co-operatives and policy reform in Kenya: Effects of livestock service and milk market liberalisation]Dairy co-operatives and policy reform in Kenya: Effects of livestock service and milk market liberalisation

There is a broad land of territory comprising the subhumid zone and the non-forested areas of the humid zone of West Africa in which a mixture of trypanotolerant, trypano-susceptible, and crossbred cattle are found. Availability of a variety of breeds allows farmers to choose the breeds they judg...


Kamuanga, M.Tano, K.Pokou, K.Jabbar, M.A.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.[Farmers' preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review]Farmers' preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review

The reviewed case studies were conducted between 1994 and 1997 by ILRI research teams in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. The objectives were to evaluate farmers' preferences for cattle traits; to assess constraints and opportunities for in situ conservation of endangered cattle breeds, ...


Kamuanga, M.Tano, K.Pokou, K.Jabbar, M.A.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.[Farmer preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review]Farmer preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa: A summary review

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