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Developing marketing models for fattened and breeding small ruminants: Report of a Scoping study report
One important intervention in the Small Ruminant value chain Transformation Project in Ethiopia (SmaRT Ethiopia) under the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) Livestock is developing marketing models for major products. This ...
Valuation of Goat Traits in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Livelihood Systems in Southern Ethiopia
Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists depend heavily on their livestock. The animals serve as source of food, cash income, inputs for crop production, security, store of value, and social recognition. Ethiopia is endowed with ...
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Imperfect information about the benefits of agricultural technologies among smallholder farmers is a key factor for their low adoption and hence low agricultural productivity in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). We use a cluster ...
Small ruminant pricing analysis in Ethiopia
Small ruminant production system in Ethiopia is predominantly traditional where only small proportion of the producers adopts market oriented production system. Despite possible variations among different agro-ecologies, ...
Impact of Community based breeding program on performance of and income from small ruminants in Ethiopia
This report presents effects of community based breeding program (CBBP) on small
ruminant fertility, mortality, offtake, earnings per head of animal, and consumption
expenditure. We used a two-wave panel dataset on 555 ...
Business Models for Selected Interventions for the Development of Small Ruminant Value Chains in Ethiopia
This document presents business models for three best-bet interventions identified, tested and recommended in selected sites of unique characteristics in the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia. These interventions ...
Business Model for Sheep Fattening in Ethiopia
Sheep fattening is a practice that involves feeding and managing sheep for a specific time to increase their weight and improve their quality of meat production. In Ethiopia, particularly in rural areas, sheep fattening ...
Business Model for Sheep Market Information Service in Bonga, Ethiopia
This document presents a business model that can serve as a framework for entrepreneurs to establish profitable ventures that address the challenges faced by sheep keepers and other market actors. The key benefits for ...
Business Model for Community Based Sheep Breeding in Ethiopia
Small ruminant community-based breeding refers to a breeding program managed and implemented by business-oriented livestock keepers, aiming to improve the genetic potential of their small ruminant populations. The ...
Inventory of Policy, Strategic, and Legislative Instruments for the Transformation of the Livestock Sector in Ethiopia
Over the last three decades, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has come up with multiple development plans, policies and strategy documents and legal instruments that intend to transform the agricultural sector in general ...