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Cook, Simon E.Andersson, Meike S.Fisher, Myles J.[Assessing the importance of livestock water use in basins]Assessing the importance of livestock water use in basins

We use panel survey data and household event-histories to explore patterns of rural poverty dynamics in Kenya over the period 2000–2009. We find substantial mobility across poverty categories using economic transition matrices. Drawing on asset-based approaches, we distinguish stochastic from str...


Radeny, Maren A.O.Berg, M. van denSchipper, R[Rural poverty dynamics in Kenya: Structural declines and stochastic escapes]Rural poverty dynamics in Kenya: Structural declines and stochastic escapes

This paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression ...


Gondwe, T.N.P.Tegbaru, A.Alamu, E.O.Khonje, M.Manda, J.Gaya, H.[Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia]Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia

While the importance of forests for livelihoods has long been well-recognized, empirical knowledge of the factors influencing the extent and diversity of household engagement in the extraction of forest products across different socio-economic groups remains limited. In this paper, we use primary...


Abebaw, D.Kassa, H.Kassie, Girma T.Lemenih, MulugetaCampbell, Bruce M.Teka, W.[Dry forest based livelihoods in resettlement areas of Northwestern Ethiopia]Dry forest based livelihoods in resettlement areas of Northwestern Ethiopia

This study evaluates the potential impacts of investing in Drought Tolerant Maize (DTM) in 13 countries of East, South and West Africa. The analysis utilizes geo-referenced production data at the regional and household levels and employs a model that estimates both the conventional mean yield gai...


Kostandini, G.La Rovere, R.Abdoulaye, Tahirou[Potential impacts of increasing average yields and reducing maize yield variability in Africa]Potential impacts of increasing average yields and reducing maize yield variability in Africa

Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty will require simultaneous action on two separate fronts: helping poor people escape from poverty, and stemming the flow of people into poverty. This article examines forty Peruvian communities, and finds that descents into poverty have ...


Krishna, A.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Radeny, Maren A.O.Kuan, J.Quilca, G.Sánchez Urrelo, A.[Fixing the hole in the bucket: household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes]Fixing the hole in the bucket: household poverty dynamics in the Peruvian Andes

Animal disease outbreaks pose significant threats to livestock sectors throughout the world, both from the standpoint of the economic impacts of the disease itself and the measures taken to mitigate the risk of disease introduction. These impacts are multidimensional and not always well understoo...


Rich, Karl M.Perry, Brian D.[The economic and poverty impacts of animal diseases in developing countries: new roles, new demands for economics and epidemiology]The economic and poverty impacts of animal diseases in developing countries: new roles, new demands for economics and epidemiology

Los estudios sobre desigualdades de género en el análisis de la pobreza tienden a utilizar el sexo de quien ocupa la jefatura del hogar como el indicador principal de dichas desigualdades. Este artículo argumenta que el análisis basado en el sexo de quien tiene la jefatura del hogar da una visión...


Deere, Carmen DianaAlvarado, Gina E.Twyman, Jennifer[¿Dueñas o jefas de hogar? analizando la desigualdad de género en la propiedad de activos en américa latina = ¿Female owners or household heads? Analyzing gender inequality in assets ownership in Latin America]¿Dueñas o jefas de hogar? analizando la desigualdad de género en la propiedad de activos en américa latina = ¿Female owners or household heads? Analyzing gender inequality in assets ownership in Latin America

Unlike developed countries, where people often eat too many animal products, most of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa eats too little of this type of food for good nutrition. The projected increase in demand for livestock in sub-Saharan Africa will have an important influence on food security...


Ehui, Simeon K.[A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa]A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa

Describes a method for determining the sex and milk protein genotypes (RELPs) of preimplantation stage bovine embryos using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Tests a procedure developed for diagnosing multiple characteristics by genotyping K-casein and B-lactoglobulin in addition to iden...


Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.Ezaz, Z.[Relationship of testicular growth and size to age, body weight and onset of puberty in Menz ram lambs]Relationship of testicular growth and size to age, body weight and onset of puberty in Menz ram lambs

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