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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Many observers and pastoralists perceive that these markets presently function poorly in northern Kenya , depriving herders of much of the terminal market value of their livestock and exposing them to excessive risk .
Many observers and pastoralists perceive that these markets presently function poorly in northern Kenya , depriving herders of much of the terminal market value of their livestock and exposing them to excessive risk .
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But to the best of our knowledge , no one has yet generated empirical estimates of the impact different features of market organization have on livestock prices in Africa , much less on the variance of those prices ( i.e. , price risk ...
But to the best of our knowledge , no one has yet generated empirical estimates of the impact different features of market organization have on livestock prices in Africa , much less on the variance of those prices ( i.e. , price risk ...
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For example , results from a portfolio analysis using 17 years of Borana cattle dynamics ( from 1980 to 1997 ) demonstrated a reduction in risk per unit of return when cattle investment was combined with a modest degree of savings in ...
For example , results from a portfolio analysis using 17 years of Borana cattle dynamics ( from 1980 to 1997 ) demonstrated a reduction in risk per unit of return when cattle investment was combined with a modest degree of savings in ...
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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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