A stratified random sample, cross-sectional survey of 1755 households in the Kenya highlands was conducted between June 1996 and April 1998 to evaluate the rationale underlying smallholders’ breeding decisions. Additional data were collected in a follow-up survey of 50 households sub-sampled from...
Bebe, B.O.
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Udo, H.M.J.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: breed preferences and breeding practices]
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Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: breed preferences and breeding practices
The regeneration of secondary forests (SF) on previously cleared land in the Amazon is a promising development within the generally pessimistic scenario about tropical deforestation. This has stimulated efforts to augment the value of SF to farmers to induce them to increase the area in SF. The o...
Smith, J.
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Kop, P. van de
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Reategui, K.
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Lombardi, I.
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Sabogal, C.
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Díaz, A.
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[Dynamics of secondary forests in slash-and-burn farming: interactions among land use types in the Peruvian Amazon]
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Dynamics of secondary forests in slash-and-burn farming: interactions among land use types in the Peruvian Amazon
Land-use intensification in the East-African highland zone is required for meeting food and feed demands from the rising human and animal populations. A single crop of wheat has been a traditional practice for the 8 Mha of Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands with both grain and residues finding ...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Astatke, A.
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[Options to intensify cropland use for alleviating smallholder energy and protein deficiencies in the East African highlands]
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Options to intensify cropland use for alleviating smallholder energy and protein deficiencies in the East African highlands
Welfare impacts of an intensive dairy technology package on women and their families are investigated on 32 smallholder crop-livestock farms in the sub-humid zone of Kilifi District, Coast Province, Kenya. Farms were stratified according to male or female extension contact. A female enumerator in...
Mullins, G.
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Wahome, L.
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Tsangari, P.
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Maarse, L.
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[Impacts of intensive dairy production on smallholder farm women in coastal Kenya]
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Impacts of intensive dairy production on smallholder farm women in coastal Kenya
Three hundred mixed, smallholder farms in Kariti location, Kandara Division, Maragua District, Central Kenya, were surveyed. Dairy cattle management practices, including type of animal enclosure, roofing, floor type, drainage, use of bedding, feeding of concentrates; and manure management pract...
Lekasi, J.K.
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Tanner, J.C.
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Kimani, S.K.
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Harris, P.J.C.
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[Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment]
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Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment
The association between serum antibody titres to Theileria parva in calves and potential explanatory factors were examined in a longitudinal observational study that was conducted in 5 cohorts of female calves with a total of 225 calves on 188 smallholder dairy farms. The farms were distributed i...
Gitau, G.K.
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McDermott, John J.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Factors associated with Theileria parva infections in small-holder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya]
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Factors associated with Theileria parva infections in small-holder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya
The neoclassical economic paradigm views market linkages as efficient mechanisms for trading. However, the validity of this position is questionable, as markets frequently do not possess the structural conditions necessary for perfect competition. In subsistence-farming systems, factors that prev...
Somda, Jacques
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Tollens, E.F.
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Kamuanga, M.
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[Transaction costs and the marketable surplus of milk in smallholder farming systems of The Gambia]
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Transaction costs and the marketable surplus of milk in smallholder farming systems of The Gambia
For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far ...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
Domestic milk production has been for a long time hindered by many factors including lack of interest from decision makers, distorted economic policy and biotechnical constraints. For the last 20 years, many developing countries have been attempting to develop the domestic milk production secto...
Somda, Jacques
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Kamuanga, M.
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Tollens, E.F.
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[Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia]
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Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia
Posada Torres, Rafael
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[Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones]
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Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones