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Kibirigwi Irrigation Scheme is a smallholder farming area in Central Kenya, where the main activity is production of horticultural crops. Pesticides are widely misused. This study investigated the extent of household pesticide exposure in 40 randomly selected farms in July-August, 1995. Exposure ...
Based on the promising results obtained from on-station, the cow traction study was further taken to on-farm for verification under the Ethiopian smallholder farmers management conditions. The study was undertaken in Holetta area between 1992 and 1996 by involving 14 farmers. Mean dairy milk yiel...
Milk produced by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is used in a number of ways but primarily to meet family needs and the needs of calves. Milk may be sold to neighbors and to consumers in nearby town or village. Milk excess of family requirements is usually processed into butter and cheese. Unh...
This study examined the factors influencing adoption of three related dairy technologies in coastal Kenya, and assessed the impacts of dairy adoption on household income, employment generation, and nutritional status of pre-school children. The technologies studied were adoption of grade and cros...
This paper reviews the literature on the participation of women and children in agricultural activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The review focuses on participation through labor in agriculture overall and in certain agricultural activities in particular. Also reviewed are the rural fa...
Food production from livestock in small farm systems for urban populations is discussed in the context of projected human population increase, market-led demand, rising incomes, and changing consumer preferences. These will accelerate the demand for food in the future and access to it, which in t...
The demand for meat and milk in Southeast Asia has almost doubled in the past two decades, and this trend is expected to continue in following years. There is a need to enhance productivity in the prevalent smallholder crop animal systems, in order to match these increases in demand without jeopa...
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