Impacts of Exogenously-determined Variables on Dairy Farms
Author: Robert D. Yonkers
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 462
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Author: Robert D. Yonkers
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 462
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 60
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 450
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 100
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles F. Nicholson
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9789291460670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examined the factors influencing adoption of three related dairy technologies in coastal Kenya, and assessed the impacts of dairy adoption on household income, employment generation and nutrition status of pre-school children. The technologies studied were adoption of grade and crossbred dairy animals, planting of the fodder Napier grass and use of the infection and treatment method of immunisation against East Coast fever. A series of household surveys was conducted from mid-1997 to mid-1998. The descriptive results from surveys of 202 households in Coast Province indicate that adoption of a grade or crossbred dairy animal may result in substantial increases in household income, can generate paid (secondary) employment, and may improve the nutritional status of pre-school-age children in the Household. Econometric analyses, which controlled for numerous confounding factos, provided less consistent support for the impact of adoption on household income and paid employment. It appears that neither the adoption nor productivity of dairying are constrained by poor availability of technology options. For dairy development activities on the coast, two areas merit atention: mechanisms for easing access to grade and crossbred dairy cattle, either through credit schemes or through self-help smallholder co-operatives, and reducing the disease risks associated with grade and corssbred dairy animals.
Author: V. Santaniello
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2002-03-06
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780851997018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe investment climate for firms producing genetically modified (GM) agricultural products has recently experienced considerable change, with the occurrence of remarkably high rate of farmer acceptance, but considerable consumer resistance. The present system that involves firms developing biotech products, farmers producing the products, food and related agribusiness industrial firms, and consumers of food, is very volatile. This however will soon be affected by changes in reulatory, trade and food safety regimes.This book addresses these key issues and is based on papers presented at the fourth meeting of The International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), on Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology, held at Ravello, Italy, in August 2000. Organized in four parts, this volume focuses on:Consumer reactions to GM food informationRegulatory issuesFarmer acceptance of biotech productsChanges in industrial organization in life science and food sectors