El siguiente documento es un informe del seminario realizado en CIAT, como parte de un esfuerzo tendiente a lograr una mayor interacción entre los economistas que trabajan en distintos programas de ganadería. Los objetivos del grupo eran: 1) conocer y revizar la investigación realizada o en proce...
Valdés, Alberto
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[Algunos aspectos económicos de la industria ganadera en América Latina]
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Algunos aspectos económicos de la industria ganadera en América Latina
Nyangaga, J.
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Wanyoike, Francis N.
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Mwangi, D.M.
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Muriuki, H.G.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[Groundtruthing cattle population in selected districts of western and central Kenya]
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Groundtruthing cattle population in selected districts of western and central Kenya
This paper describes the origins and subsequent development of a collaborative programme of research on smallholder dairy production between KARI, ILCA and other cooperating institutions. The programme conducted research within a farming ystems framework in per-urban areas of coastal lowland Keny...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Mullins, G.
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Reynolds, L.
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Maloo, S.H.
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Muinga, R.W.
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Mureithi, J.G.
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Njuni, M.
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Ramadhan, A.
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[Research on smallholder dairy production in coastal lowland Kenya]
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Research on smallholder dairy production in coastal lowland Kenya
Animal manure is of vital importance in maintaining soil fertility in semiarid west Africa due to the low level of use of inorganic fertilizer. Using data from Niger however, it is shown that insufficient animals are available to provide the manure needed to sustain crop yields on a long-term bas...
Williams, Timothy O.
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Powell, J.M.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Soil fertility maintenance and food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Is reliance on manure a sustainable strategy?]
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Soil fertility maintenance and food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Is reliance on manure a sustainable strategy?
Despite its vital role in supporting crop production, a key question that has often been posed is whether sufficient amounts of manure are available to permit adequate food production and improvement of soil quality on a long-term basis. While this question can be addressed at a regional, nationa...
Williams, Timothy O.
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Powell, J.M.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger]
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Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger
In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase c...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Gebreselassie, N.
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[The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]
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The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia
In this study we examined the genetic diversity of yak populations in the northernmost part of their current global distribution. Five Mongolian and one Russian yak populations as well as one Chinese yak population from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the putative centre of yak domestication, were a...
Xuebin, Q.
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Han Jianlin
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Lkhagva, B.
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Chekarova, I.
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Badamdorj, D.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Genetic diversity and differentiation of Mongolian and Russian yak populations]
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Genetic diversity and differentiation of Mongolian and Russian yak populations
The genetic components of trypanotolerance measurements must be determined in well controlled on going production systems where the necessary identification and/or quantification of environment and genetic effects are possible. A resource population has been established in the Mushie District Ban...
Wissocq, N.M.
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Monsengo, B.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Mommens, G.
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[A N'Dama cattle resource population for research on trypanotolerance]
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A N'Dama cattle resource population for research on trypanotolerance
Wanyoike, Francis N.
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Nyangaga, J.
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Kariuki, E.
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Mwangi, D.M.
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Wokabi, A.
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Kembe, M.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[The Kenyan cattle population: the need for better estimation methods]
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The Kenyan cattle population: the need for better estimation methods
Examines the structure of the herds & flocks of a sample of 41 households on the three Maasai group ranches in Kenya, relating differences in herd structure to livestock wealth of the household, to the stage of development of the group ranch, & to the variation in climate and production alternati...
King, J.M.
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Sayers, A.R.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Kontrohr, E.
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[Maasai herd and flock structures in relation to livestock wealth, climate and development]
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Maasai herd and flock structures in relation to livestock wealth, climate and development