Farmer's use of fertilizer in the highland areas of Ethiopia remains small, despite significant yield increases obtained in experimental stations and on-farm trials. Among the suspected hindrances against the use of fertilizer at the rate recommended jointly by the MOA/IAR, are farmers' aversion ...
Belete, A.
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Dillon, John L.
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Anderson, F.M.
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[Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia]
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Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia
Coad, L.M.
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Abernethy, K.A.
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Balmford, A.
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Manica, A.
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Airey, L.
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Milner-Gulland, E.J.
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[Distribution and Use of Income from Bushmeat in a Rural Village, Central Gabon]
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Distribution and Use of Income from Bushmeat in a Rural Village, Central Gabon
A choice experiment was used to assess households’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for informational attributes (sources of water used to rear sh, and certi cation) of sh products in Hanoi, Vietnam. The study showed that households’ purchasing decisions are in uenced by their access to information of ...
Danso, George K.
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Otoo, Miriam
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Duy Linh, N.
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Madurangi, Ganesha
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[Households’ willingness-to-pay for fish product attributes and implications for market feasibility of wastewater-based aquaculture businesses in Hanoi, Vietnam]
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Households’ willingness-to-pay for fish product attributes and implications for market feasibility of wastewater-based aquaculture businesses in Hanoi, Vietnam
Analyzes the output of the Maasai pastoral system by examining three group ranches in the Kajiado District in Kenya, first in terms of output per animal, household cash and subsistence income from livestock for large-and small-scale producers, and second in terms of output per unit of pastoral land.
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Bekure, S.
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Grandin, B.E.
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[Aspects de la productivite de l'elevage dans les ranches collectifs Masai du Kenya]
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Aspects de la productivite de l'elevage dans les ranches collectifs Masai du Kenya
On comparison of three milk procurement systems of open economy namely vendor, cooperative and integrated contract system members of integrated contract system were found to have better education and landholdings. Among the members of vendor and cooperatives there was less remarkable difference i...
Thirunavukkarasu, D.
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Sudeepkumar, N.K.
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[Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems]
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Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
Lentes, P
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Peters, Michael
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Holmann, Federico J.
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[Regionalization of climatic factors and income indicators for milk production in Honduras]
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Regionalization of climatic factors and income indicators for milk production in Honduras
Livestock production plays a key role in tropical Latin America in a changing economic environment. This study focuses on documenting the transformations of extensive production systems by using superior forage germplasm supplied by regional research systems. The adoption of improved Brachiaria ...
Holmann, Federico J.
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Argel M., Pedro J.
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Pérez, E.
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[Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico]
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Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico
This paper investigates the factors associated with private sector smallholder livestock and the associated income of the poor in the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh. The data used are drawn from the Livelihood Options Study led by the Overseas Development Institute, London, specifically the Cens...
Akter, S.
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Farrington, John
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Deshingkar, P.
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Rao, L.
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Freeman, H.A.
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[Species diversification, livestock production and income of the poor in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh]
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Species diversification, livestock production and income of the poor in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh
This study uses heteroskedastic Tobit and Censored Least Absolute Deviations models to examine the impacts of dairy cow ownership on selected outcomes for a sample of 184 households in coastal Kenya. The outcomes examined include gross household cash income, gross non-agricultural income, consump...
Nicholson, C.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Muinga, R.W.
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[Household-level impacts of dairy cow ownership in coastal Kenya]
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Household-level impacts of dairy cow ownership in coastal Kenya
Poverty, low crop and animal productivity and large scale resource degradation are major problems in the agriculture sector in the East African highlands. Among others, integration of forage legumes in cereal based cropping systems has been proposed as a promising strategy to improve the sustaina...
Kassie, M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Kassa, B.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Benefits of integration of cereals and forage legumes with and without crossbred cows in mixed farms - an ex ante analysis for highland Ethiopia]
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Benefits of integration of cereals and forage legumes with and without crossbred cows in mixed farms - an ex ante analysis for highland Ethiopia