Financing smallholder farming has been one of the major concerns of Kenya’s development efforts. Many credit programs … have evolved over the years but with dismal performance. In a study that sought to find the best way to fund smallholder … typical smallholder areas. Sample farmers were visited and structured questionnaires administered to cover farm events and …

sample of 1118 poultry farms in Vietnam for which data were collected in 1999. In general there are significant differences … of poultry, between mixed and specialized poultry farms, between household and commercial farms, and among producers …

marketing activities. However, publications by China's State Statistical Bureau underestimate animal product consumption. Such … underestimated statistics affect policy making and marketing initiatives and also lead to the estimation of distorted parameters that …

terms of caloric intake is alarmingly high with low rates of income poverty. Based on the 2005/06 Uganda National Household …: halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. While Uganda is on track to halve extreme poverty, it is less likely to halve … extreme hunger by 2015. Yet the results suggest that food insecurity and income poverty are closely linked. Similarly, food …