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Preferences for Livestock Market Services in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia
Preferences for Livestock Market Services in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia
Seeding eastern Africa’s maize revolution in the post-structural adjustment era: a review and comparative analysis of the formal maize seed sector
Improved maize seed is instrumental to deliver an Asian-style ‘green revolution’ for Africa. The paper reviews
and makes a comparative analysis of the maize (corn) seed sector and its evolution in Kenya, Tanzania,
Uganda ...
Modelling land-use decisions in production systems involving multiple crops and varieties
This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that trade-offs and/or complementarities are
inherent in technological options that shape the adoption of and land-use decisions in production
systems involving multiple ...
Survey Questionnaire for Gender-responsive Farm-household Typologies, Innovation adoptions, Impacts of Legume-based Technological Interventions on Small Holder Production and Livelihood Performance in Lentil-Chickpea Zones of North-Shewa Amhara region, Highlands of Ethiopia
The document is the survey questionnaire for gender-responsive farm-household typologies, innovation adoptions, impacts of legume-based technological Interventions on small holder production and livelihood performance in ...
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, ...
Do households that sell their surplus maize reinvest in improved maize seed? Case of southern Africa
This study assesses the influence of selling maize grain on re-investing in Improved Maize Varieties (IMV). It uses a unique data set from five southern African countries of Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe ...
Identification of strategies to improve goat marketing in the lowlands of Ethiopia: a hedonic price analysis
This article aims at identifying factors that determine market prices of goats and analyse potential mechanisms by which smallholder goat producers could maximize their benefits. Data on 357 farm households and 2103 goat ...
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 ...
Financial feasibility of selected best-bet interventions along the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia
To be useful to the target users, technologies need to be feasible both technically and financially. After testing for years indifferent locations, ICARDA decided to check the financial viability of four interventions that ...
Economic Impact of Market Facilities on Small Ruminants Marketing in Menz, Central Ethiopia
This reconnaissance survey was conducted between December 17, 2015 and January 21, 2015 in Menz area of North Shewa Zone in the Amhara Region. The area spans over five district administrations (Menz Gera, Menz Keyagebriel, ...