Using a linear programming model based on data from smallholdings in the Ethiopian highlands, this paper evaluates the farm level economic efficiency of cow traction and the traditional oxen-pair. Cow traction farm technology has the potential for increasing the net income of farmers at the exist...
Panin, A.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Economic analysis of cow traction farm technology in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economic analysis of cow traction farm technology in the Ethiopian highlands
Outlines an economic evaluation of an improved surface drainage technology, using the broad-bed-maker (BBM) on-farm in four different vertisol areas of the Ethiopian highlands. Presents data on crops and number of areas covered for the on-farm drainage technology, on cost structure of the BBM, an...
Asamenew, G.
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Jutzi, S.C.
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Tedla, A.
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McIntire, John M.
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[Economic evaluation of improved vertisol drainage for food crop production in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economic evaluation of improved vertisol drainage for food crop production in the Ethiopian highlands
Magboo, E
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Samson, GG
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Villa, E.C.
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[Scaling-up new forage systems in northern Mindanao, Philippines]
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Scaling-up new forage systems in northern Mindanao, Philippines
70% of the Colombian livestock production are characterized by extensive production systems, which usually show low productivity levels, low land use efficiency and often lack environmental sustainability. This is related to native or naturalized grasses and degraded pastures that generate limite...
Enciso, Karen
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Burkart, Stefan
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Gutierrez, Jhon Freddy
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Arango, Jacobo
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Peters, Michael
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[Economic analysis of tropical forages in livestock systems in the eastern plains of Colombia]
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Economic analysis of tropical forages in livestock systems in the eastern plains of Colombia
Examines background to some of the economic analysis done in the African Trypanotolerant Livestock Network; defines some models of animal production; presents results of experiments with the ILCA microcomputer herd model about some important problems in the Network and projects returns to gains o...
McIntire, John M.
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[Introduction to economic analysis in the African Trypanotolerant Livestock Network]
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Introduction to economic analysis in the African Trypanotolerant Livestock Network
The economies of many Latin American countries have opened up to the global markets in recent years. These changes have had drastic effects on the agriculture of those countries. For instance, whereas Colombia did not import maize in 1990, ten years later it was importing more that 2 million tonn...
Nores, G.A.
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Estrada, R.D.
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[Evaluación económica de sistemas de producción de carne de res en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia]
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Evaluación económica de sistemas de producción de carne de res en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia
Ceballos, H.
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[Global cassava strategy for the new millenium : CIAT`s perspective]
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Global cassava strategy for the new millenium : CIAT`s perspective
Holmann, Federico J.
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[Análisis ex-ante de nuevas alternativas forrajeras en fincas con ganado en sistemas de doble propósito en Perú, Costa Rica y Nicaragua]
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Análisis ex-ante de nuevas alternativas forrajeras en fincas con ganado en sistemas de doble propósito en Perú, Costa Rica y Nicaragua