Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy ChallengesFeatures case studies primarily focusing on Ethiopia and Kenya to offer research from a variety of regional communities to explore issues of household sales behavior, price determinants, livestock market information systems, cross border and export marketing, and crisis period marketing. Firmly tied to recommendations for future research and policy, the editors contend that current thinking, which asserts that more effective marketing will automatically achieve multiple desirable outcomes, including environmental benefits, may be flawed. The studies presented illustrate how it is possible to improve livestock marketing and achieve multiple desirable objectives through serious and coordinated effort. Filling an important gap in the literature, this is important reading for all those interested in livestock development and pastoral economies in East Africa. |
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Associated with this is the argument that the idea of coping strategies masks intra - community variations : ' one person's coping strategy is another's livelihood ' ( Davies , 1996 : 58 ) , and that the options for using coping ...
Associated with this is the argument that the idea of coping strategies masks intra - community variations : ' one person's coping strategy is another's livelihood ' ( Davies , 1996 : 58 ) , and that the options for using coping ...
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1 range , with a long recall period across four years and five major climate phases need to be borne in mind.4 Ndikumana et al . define ' coping mechanisms ' very simply as ' responses of an individual , group or society to challenging ...
1 range , with a long recall period across four years and five major climate phases need to be borne in mind.4 Ndikumana et al . define ' coping mechanisms ' very simply as ' responses of an individual , group or society to challenging ...
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2 Across all the ' coping strategies ' Oba , like other authors , notes a decline in resilience based largely on the sheer prevalence and widespread nature of drought , but also on the increase in armed conflict , which particularly ...
2 Across all the ' coping strategies ' Oba , like other authors , notes a decline in resilience based largely on the sheer prevalence and widespread nature of drought , but also on the increase in armed conflict , which particularly ...
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Contents
N Householdlevel livestock marketing behaviour | 15 |
1 Site descriptions | 18 |
6 Births and purchases in TLUs across species by quarter | 24 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges |
| Editors | John G. McPeak, Peter D. Little |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Intermediate Technology Publications, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1853396311, 9781853396311 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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