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Kenya leads to higher yield than that in Uganda. By introducing livestock programs, the agricultural productivity in Kenya …
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The research analyzes the price transmission among the Costa Rican markets of cattle, beef and milk, accounting for asymmetric behavior and structural breaks. Monthly price data covering the first month of 1998 to the fourth month of 2008 were used. Price transmission between each market pair...
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Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is one of the most contagious animal diseases. Because of the easy transfer between animals, FMD is of importance to the domestic market, but also to international agricultural trade. Infected countries are often confronted with rigorous measures implemented by their...
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This paper analyses total factor productivity growth in agriculture and its subsectors in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and 2007. To estimate productivity growth we use the Malmquist index, which is a non-parametric methodology that uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) methods....
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the effects of invasive species introduction on decision-making in a livestock sector (e.g., production and feeding). The … framework integrates an epidemiological model, a dynamic livestock production model, domestic consumption, and international … trade. The integrated approach captures producer and consumer responses to, and welfare outcomes of, livestock disease …
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In many rural areas, livestock are a critical asset for poor households, acting as a bank account, insurance policy and … a source of income. Research methods leading to a better understanding of the role of livestock in household poverty … where livestock are a key element of rural livelihood strategies. We utilized multiple methods, including Stages of Progress …
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understand the livestock-environment-livelihood interactions in watersheds in semi-arid India. This paper elucidates the … important role of livestock in livelihoods of communities in water-scarce watersheds and demonstrates that unless livestock … result in equitable benefits. Limited access to livestock-related institutional services and social organization does not …
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productivity growth for crops, ruminants and non-ruminant livestock, on a global basis. We then follow with tests for convergence … the sample are likely to experience larger productivity gains in livestock than in crops. Within livestock, the non …
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. Findings for the ruminant livestock sector are widely applicable to other agricultural industries in China. …
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analyze sufficiently the complex market dynamics and feedbacks present in livestock systems. This paper offers insights on …
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