Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya

East Coast fever (ECF) is a major constraint limiting livestock production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. The infection and treatment method (ITM) has proven effective in research station and field trials. The work described in this paper was to quantify the economic payoffs to case study...

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Main Authors: Nyangito, H.O., Richardson, J.W., Mukhebi, A.W., Mundy, D.S., Zimmel, P., Namken, J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 1995
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28433
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author Nyangito, H.O.
Richardson, J.W.
Mukhebi, A.W.
Mundy, D.S.
Zimmel, P.
Namken, J.
author_browse Mukhebi, A.W.
Mundy, D.S.
Namken, J.
Nyangito, H.O.
Richardson, J.W.
Zimmel, P.
author_facet Nyangito, H.O.
Richardson, J.W.
Mukhebi, A.W.
Mundy, D.S.
Zimmel, P.
Namken, J.
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description East Coast fever (ECF) is a major constraint limiting livestock production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. The infection and treatment method (ITM) has proven effective in research station and field trials. The work described in this paper was to quantify the economic payoffs to case study farms that adopt alternative ITM strategies and current ECF control methods. A whole farm simulation model was used to estimate the financial and economic payoffs to ITM and to estimate the probability distribution of returns for alternative ECF control strategies. Stochastic dominance was used to rank the alternative ECF controls for risk average decision makers. The whole farm simulation model used for the analysis has the advantage of incorporating risk aspects involved in farm production, and ranking alternative strategies, as well as estimating the farmer's premium for risk preference associated with alternative ECF control strategies.
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spelling CGSpace284332024-04-25T06:01:47Z Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya Nyangito, H.O. Richardson, J.W. Mukhebi, A.W. Mundy, D.S. Zimmel, P. Namken, J. east coast fever immunization economic analysis farms technology East Coast fever (ECF) is a major constraint limiting livestock production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. The infection and treatment method (ITM) has proven effective in research station and field trials. The work described in this paper was to quantify the economic payoffs to case study farms that adopt alternative ITM strategies and current ECF control methods. A whole farm simulation model was used to estimate the financial and economic payoffs to ITM and to estimate the probability distribution of returns for alternative ECF control strategies. Stochastic dominance was used to rank the alternative ECF controls for risk average decision makers. The whole farm simulation model used for the analysis has the advantage of incorporating risk aspects involved in farm production, and ranking alternative strategies, as well as estimating the farmer's premium for risk preference associated with alternative ECF control strategies. 1995-01 2013-05-06T07:00:36Z 2013-05-06T07:00:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28433 en Limited Access Elsevier Computers and Electronics in Agriculture;12(1): 19-33
spellingShingle east coast fever
immunization
economic analysis
farms
technology
Nyangito, H.O.
Richardson, J.W.
Mukhebi, A.W.
Mundy, D.S.
Zimmel, P.
Namken, J.
Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
title Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
title_full Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
title_fullStr Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
title_short Whole farm economic evaluation of East Coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
title_sort whole farm economic evaluation of east coast fever immunization strategies on farms in the uasin gishu district of kenya
topic east coast fever
immunization
economic analysis
farms
technology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28433
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