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The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable examp...


Cadilhon, Joseph J.Ngoc Diep PhamMaass, Brigitte L.[The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering innovations for more efficient dairy chain coordination in Tanzania]The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering innovations for more efficient dairy chain coordination in Tanzania

The study uses a partial equilibrium model of Tanzania’s informal dairy value chain to determine the benefits to milk producers and consumers from three policy interventions proposed in the Tanzania Livestock Modernization Initiative (TLMI). Using aggregate time series data to simulate the model,...


Twine, Edgar E.[Production and consumption responses to policy interventions in Tanzania's dairy industry]Production and consumption responses to policy interventions in Tanzania's dairy industry

Production inefficiency is usually analyzed by economical efficiency, which is composed of two components-technical and allocative efficiencies. This study provided a direct measure of production efficiency of the smallholder milk producers in Kenya using a stochastic profit frontier and ineffici...


Karanja Ng'ang'a, StanleyKungu, J.Ridder, N.A. deHerrero, Mario T.[Profit efficiency among Kenyan smallholders milk producers: A case study of Meru-South district, Kenya]Profit efficiency among Kenyan smallholders milk producers: A case study of Meru-South district, Kenya

A total of 1,734 cattle faecal samples from 296 dairy-keeping households were collected from urban settings in Nairobi, Kenya. Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining method and an immunofluorescence assay were used to identify those samples with Cryptosporidium oocyst infection. Oocysts from positive fa...


Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Mulinge, E.K.Skilton, Robert A.Njahira, Moses N.Monda, J.G.Nyongesa, C.Mbae, C.K.Kamwati, S.K.[Cryptosporidium species detected in calves and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya]Cryptosporidium species detected in calves and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya
Bahbahani, H.Musa H.H.Wragg, D.Shuiep, E.S.Almathen, F.Hanotte, Olivier H.[Genome diversity and signatures of selection for production and performance traits in dromedary camels]Genome diversity and signatures of selection for production and performance traits in dromedary camels

A study was conducted in Ngurunit and Kargi locations of Marsabit district in Kenya to determine the effect of mineral supplementation on milk yield and calf growth of settlement based camels. Two mineral supplements were formulated; one comprised of locally collected, ground bones mixed with loc...


Kuria, S.G.Gachuiri, C.K.Wanyoike, M.M.Wahome, R.G.[Effect of mineral supplementation on milk yield and calf growth of camels in Marsabit district of Kenya]Effect of mineral supplementation on milk yield and calf growth of camels in Marsabit district of Kenya

High levels of inbreeding in East African dairy cattle are a potential concern because of use of a limited range of imported germplasm coupled with strong selection, especially by disease, and sparse performance recording. To address this, genetic relationships and breed composition in an admixed...


Gorbach, D.M.Makgahlela, M.L.Reecy, J.M.Kemp, Stephen J.Baltenweck, IsabelleOuma, R.Okeyo Mwai, AllyMarshall, KarenMurdoch, B.Moore, S.Rothschild, Max F.[Use of SNP genotyping to determine pedigree and breed composition of dairy cattle in Kenya]Use of SNP genotyping to determine pedigree and breed composition of dairy cattle in Kenya

On-farm value addition to farm products is recognized and highly promoted through value chain approaches for its benefit in terms of improving farm income. Growing demand and high price for value added milk products, together with the availability of ample livestock resources, would p...


Kuma, B.Getnet, KindieBaker, DerekKassa, B.[Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: The case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia]Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: The case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia

Community Based Environmental Assessment (CBEA) is an approach used to collate information in order to identify and analyze the environmental impacts of planned, on-going and completed community development activities. This study was conducted with four villages in the Kongwa and Mvomero District...


Kilemo, D.K.Kerario, I.Parkins, J.R.Nindi, S.J.[Making community based environmental impact assessment work: Case study of a Dairy Goat and Root Crop Project in Tanzania]Making community based environmental impact assessment work: Case study of a Dairy Goat and Root Crop Project in Tanzania

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