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Identification of strategies to improve goat marketing in the lowlands of Ethiopia: a hedonic price analysis
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Analysis of crop residue use in small holder mixed farms in Ethiopia
Determinants of the use of cereal and pulse residue for livestock feeding and soil mulching among smallholder farmers in the mixed farming system were analyzed. Crop residue (CR) is dual purpose resources in the mixed ...
Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers
Improved breeding practices and participatory health services have been designed and implemented by a partnership between national and international institutions in various parts of Ethiopia since 2014. Based on a panel ...
Оценка цепочки добавленной стоимости в производстве продукции мелкого рогатого скота в Таджикистане и Узбекистане
The file contains guidelines for conducting a rapid value chain assessment for sheep and goat meat value chains and the checklists for focus group discussions with sheep and goat producers and for key informant interviews ...
Business Model: Community-Based Breeding Programs
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Boku University of Austria came up with the idea of community-based breeding program (CBBP) ...
Community-Based Breeding Program is an attractive option for genetic improvement of small ruminants
In small ruminants, centralized breeding schemes, entirely managed and controlled by governments – with minimal, if any, participation by farmers – were developed and implemented in many developing countries. Such programs ...
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 ...
Community-based sheep breeding programs generated substantial genetic gains and socioeconomic benefits
Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been implemented in many developing countries. An innovative ...
Policy-induced price distortions along the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia
The purpose of this paper is to identify sources and quantifying distortions to agricultural incentives to produce along the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia.
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National and district level ...
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 ...