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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The relatively modest levels of fixed costs are likewise reflected in the small average transaction size – less than two large stock ( camels or cattle ) or four small stock ( goats or sheep ) per transaction in each site - and the ...
The relatively modest levels of fixed costs are likewise reflected in the small average transaction size – less than two large stock ( camels or cattle ) or four small stock ( goats or sheep ) per transaction in each site - and the ...
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Figure 3.1 suggests an overall downward trend in total herd size , and indicates that herd size has been relatively low since 1992 by historical standards . 4 However , it is also of note that low herd sizes such as those reported since ...
Figure 3.1 suggests an overall downward trend in total herd size , and indicates that herd size has been relatively low since 1992 by historical standards . 4 However , it is also of note that low herd sizes such as those reported since ...
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This is probably because herd sizes are relatively low by historical standards . District level herd size has been below average since 1993 and Gabra household herd size has been below average since 1997. These two facts taken together ...
This is probably because herd sizes are relatively low by historical standards . District level herd size has been below average since 1993 and Gabra household herd size has been below average since 1997. These two facts taken together ...
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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 |
Copyright | |
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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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