El siguiente documento es un informe del seminario realizado en CIAT, como parte de un esfuerzo tendiente a lograr una mayor interacción entre los economistas que trabajan en distintos programas de ganadería. Los objetivos del grupo eran: 1) conocer y revizar la investigación realizada o en proce...
Valdés, Alberto
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[Algunos aspectos económicos de la industria ganadera en América Latina]
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Algunos aspectos económicos de la industria ganadera en América Latina
Nyangaga, J.
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Wanyoike, Francis N.
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Mwangi, D.M.
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Muriuki, H.G.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[Groundtruthing cattle population in selected districts of western and central Kenya]
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Groundtruthing cattle population in selected districts of western and central Kenya
This paper describes the origins and subsequent development of a collaborative programme of research on smallholder dairy production between KARI, ILCA and other cooperating institutions. The programme conducted research within a farming ystems framework in per-urban areas of coastal lowland Keny...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Mullins, G.
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Reynolds, L.
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Maloo, S.H.
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Muinga, R.W.
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Mureithi, J.G.
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Njuni, M.
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Ramadhan, A.
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[Research on smallholder dairy production in coastal lowland Kenya]
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Research on smallholder dairy production in coastal lowland Kenya
The genetic components of trypanotolerance measurements must be determined in well controlled on going production systems where the necessary identification and/or quantification of environment and genetic effects are possible. A resource population has been established in the Mushie District Ban...
Wissocq, N.M.
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Monsengo, B.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Mommens, G.
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[A N'Dama cattle resource population for research on trypanotolerance]
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A N'Dama cattle resource population for research on trypanotolerance
This overview aims at browsing the scene of action for research on the resistance of small ruminant to endoparasites in sub-Saharan Africa. After recalling the main sheep and goat breeds, it describes the geographic distribution of these populations in the continent, mentions the farming systems ...
Rey, B.
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[Small ruminant genetic resources and parasite challenge in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Small ruminant genetic resources and parasite challenge in sub-Saharan Africa
Over the last two to three decades, West Africa has witnessed considerable changes in land use. Unprecedented increases in human population combined with changes in climatic patterns have reduced per capita arable land traditionally available for agricultural production. In the livestock sub-sect...
Agyemang, K.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Trends in genetic composition of livestock with respect to trypanotolerance and desirable economic traits with special emphasis on mixed farming systems in West and Central Africa]
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Trends in genetic composition of livestock with respect to trypanotolerance and desirable economic traits with special emphasis on mixed farming systems in West and Central Africa
Genetic improvement for productive traits in livestock, particularly in cattle, has been very slow and insignificant in the country. One of the main reasons for this is lack of well-organized and usable recorded information on the performance of both the indigenous and crossbreds with exotic geno...
Tegegne, Azage
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Redda, T.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Ketema, H.
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[Milk recording and herd registration in Ethiopia: An essential step towards genetic improvement for milk production]
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Milk recording and herd registration in Ethiopia: An essential step towards genetic improvement for milk production
Milk yield, milk composition and body weight change of crossbred dairy cows (Holstein Friesian X Zebu) were studied in the urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in the Addis Ababa milk shed between December 1997 and November 1998. Ninety-seven cows, with parities above two and at the begi...
Mekasha, Yoseph
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Tegegne, Azage
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Yami, A.
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Umunna, N.N.
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[Milk production, milk composition and body weight change of crossbred dairy cows in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Ethiopia]
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Milk production, milk composition and body weight change of crossbred dairy cows in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Ethiopia
The potential for increasing the economic contribution of small ruminants in Asia is discussed in the context of their wide distribution across ecosystems, value as genetic resources, productivity, significance of ownership, economic relevance, production and post-production. Approximately 57 per...
Devendra, C.
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[Opportunities for increasing the economic contribution of small ruminants in Asia]
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Opportunities for increasing the economic contribution of small ruminants in Asia
The human population in Ethiopia, currently estimated at 60 million is growing by about 3.5 percent per annum. This figure will increase to about 139 million by the year 2020, making Ethiopia the thrid most populous country in Africa. The number of children under the age of 15 is projected to inc...