There are large economics of scale in processing and retailing livestock-origin food products, but much less in production once market distortions favouring large producers are either removed or otherwise balanced for smaller farmers through market-oriented means. In order to understand these und...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh]
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Policies and institutions for poultry and dairy development in Bangladesh
This chapter surveys the principles behind spatial statistics and geographic information systems (GIS), and their application to epidemiology and public health. Like the other introductory chapters, it is aimed mainly to facilitate understanding in the chapters specific to certain diseases that f...
Robinson, Timothy P.
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[Spatial statistics and geographical information systems in epidemiology and public health]
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Spatial statistics and geographical information systems in epidemiology and public health
A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - based analysis of livestock population dynamics in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) and the International Livestock Re...
Tulachan, P.M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[An overview of smallholder dairy farming in mixed mountain farming systems of the HKH: Issues and priorities]
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An overview of smallholder dairy farming in mixed mountain farming systems of the HKH: Issues and priorities
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.
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
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Kafle, Kashi
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Stifel, David
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[Increasing irrigation efficiency in Jordan: demand and supply side constraints and opportunities. Report prepared by the International Water Management Institute for Mercy Corps’ “Water Innovation Technologies” Project]
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Increasing irrigation efficiency in Jordan: demand and supply side constraints and opportunities. Report prepared by the International Water Management Institute for Mercy Corps’ “Water Innovation Technologies” Project
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Rural small-scale enterprises for the promotion of sustainable production systems in Latin America and the Caribbean]
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Rural small-scale enterprises for the promotion of sustainable production systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. We review project o...
Shames, Seth
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Buck, Louise E.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Masiga, Moses
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Biryahwaho B
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[Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects]
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Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects
Holmann, Federico J.
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Los forrajes mejorados como promotores del crecimiento económico y la sostenibilidad: el caso de los pequeños ganaderos de Centroamérica]
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Los forrajes mejorados como promotores del crecimiento económico y la sostenibilidad: el caso de los pequeños ganaderos de Centroamérica