This paper is divided in sections. The first section deals with empirical model, methods, and hypotheses and looks into methods, data Sources, econometric approach, and predicted Impacts of selected variables. The second one discusses agriculture and land management in the highlands of Tigray wit...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis]
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Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis
Growing pearl millet and cowpea in combination with raising ruminant livestock is widely practiced in the Sahel. In this farming system, livestock feeding depends mostly on rangeland, fallows and cropland grazing. Nutritional constraints to grazing ruminants stem primarily from feed scarcity and ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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Turner, M.
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Schlecht, E.
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Salla, A.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Sangare, M.
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[Nutritional constraints to grazing ruminants in the millet-cowpea- livestock farming system of the Sahel]
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Nutritional constraints to grazing ruminants in the millet-cowpea- livestock farming system of the Sahel
This study describes the existing credit policies and programs in South Vietnam that are related to smallholder livestock production and Development; evaluates the implementation of current credit delivery systems and their impacts on farmers, focusing on implications for technology adoption by s...
Ho Cao Viet
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Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Aragón, C.
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[Credit access by smallholder livestock producers and implications for technology adoption: Policy options for improving the credit delivery system in South Vietnam.]
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Credit access by smallholder livestock producers and implications for technology adoption: Policy options for improving the credit delivery system in South Vietnam.
This chapter investigates the land management practices used in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia. The factors influencing them, and their implications for crop production. Several factors commonly hypothesized to have a major impact on land management and agricultural production - inclu...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia]
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Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia
Vu Trong Binh
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Trinh Van Tuan
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Le Viet Ly
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[Institutional innovations for improving small households'participation in livestock production: The case of pig producer cooperatives in Haiduong Province, Vietnam]
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Institutional innovations for improving small households'participation in livestock production: The case of pig producer cooperatives in Haiduong Province, Vietnam
The importance of trypanotolerant cattle production in the humid and derived savannah areas of southern Nigeria was investigated. A study was carried out in the zone from July through October 1984 on behalf of ILCA. Topical discussions on methodology and history of trypanotolerance cattle in the ...
Akinwumi, J.A.
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Ikpi, A.E.
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[Trypanotolerant cattle production in southern Nigeria. Report submitted to the International Livestock Centre for Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria]
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Trypanotolerant cattle production in southern Nigeria. Report submitted to the International Livestock Centre for Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria
Our goal is to provide the scientific basis for development investments and policies that promote more productive, profitable agriculture, and healthier diets at no environmental cost. Low-income, smallholder farmers face significant challenges across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). High population gro...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[CIAT in Africa Roadmap 2017-2020: Four themes for impact]
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CIAT in Africa Roadmap 2017-2020: Four themes for impact
The Systemwide Livestock Programme (SLP) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) works to alleviate poverty, protect natural resources and achieve food security in developing countries. The SLP has completed two transregional projects designed to identify the comm...
Presents results of a study to describe & quantify the Afar production system in terms of its ability to support the human population, w. an analysis of the demographic characteristics of households, economic activities pursued by members and determination of their viability, i.e. balance between...